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A Handful of Dirt

A Handful of Dirt
By Raymond Bial

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Soil may not be alive, but amazingly, multitudes of microscopic creatures live there, battling it out in an eat-or-be-eaten world. These tiny creatures, invisible to our eyes, provide food for the insects that in turn feed the reptiles and mammals that live in and above the soil. You'll never look at the ground you walk on in the same way after Raymond Bial, an award-winning photo essayist, takes you on this eye-opening, down-and-dirty tour of one of the earth's most precious resources.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #99015 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-05-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 32 pages

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Top-notch material, great photography, engaging content5
As an ex-scientist I was very impressed with this book. It has excellent content with respect to the importance of soil, what is in it and why it is important to the environment, life and planet. This information is presented in an age appropriate manner and the photographs are fantastic. Although this product is expensive for a 32 page book. It is hardcover, printed on high quality paper and has large and useful photographs that will spark the imagination of a youngster. This is exactly the kind of book I would have loved as a young man and I find that the kids I share it with seem to find it extremely interesting. I'm so happy that there are people putting out fine books like these for our kids. Among stimulating an appreciation and inquisitive attitude toward nature, it promotes an appreciation for protecting the environment and lays the groundwork for understanding ecology from the ground up... no pun intended!

Dirt5
This book was awesome! We did an extensive unit on dirt/soil last spring. My students were so into it and this book was marvelous! An excellent resource for the science classroom.

Great science resource!5
Beautifully illustrated with informative text. The photographs are spectacular! The text is engaging for students.