Find out how Earth formed and what makes it different from all the other planets. Discover why we have summer and winter and day and night, and learn how spacecraft from Earth explore the solar system.

Part of the Our Solar System series of books that explore the exciting topic of space and are specially written for younger readers. With stunning photographs and explanatory artwork, the books are the perfect introduction to our solar system.

Other titles in the series: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors; The Moon; The Inner Planets; The Outer Planets and The Sun

This book is part of a book series called Our Solar System .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Mary-Jane Wilkins has been involved in creating children's non-fiction titles for many years. She was responsible for several highly successful literacy series under the umbrella title of Learning through Literacy, created by Belitha Press and published by Scholastic in the US. Creating non-fiction series for co-editions has long been a focus, and many series have been sold worldwide. She also works in children's fiction and adult non-fiction.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What makes Earth special?
• 2: Earth in the solar system
• 3: Watery planet
• 4: What's inside Earth?
• 5: Day and night
• 6: Summer and winter
• 7: Earth's weather
• 8: Exploring space
• 9: Space explorers
• 10: Make a model Earth
• 11: Useful words
• 12: Find out more
• 13: Index