I watched the BBC documentary Planet Earth last weekend and they went to a lot of these places. Cool!

It's got really neat comparisons. Like Lake Baikal in Russia is almost five times as deep as the Empire State building is tall. Whoa! It contains more water than all the Great Lakes combined. Whoa! (The book's pretty U.S.-centric because most things are compared to American points of reference.)

The tallest waterfall is in Venezuela and it's 17 times as tall as Niagra. It's called Angel Falls.

And holler at Washington! We get the snowiest place on Earth, Mr. Rainier. ( )

This is a great book to introduce descriptive words to children in grades 2 or 3. The book provides great examples of how to use these words when describing things in nature. The illustrations themselves tell stories, so even if a student may not understand the information being presented, you can still use this book as a way for students to analyze illustrations and make meaning of them and practice storytelling. I would use this book for guided reading and have students recall important details and descriptive attributes that they read in "Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest". ( )

A carefully crafted work of art made from paper collage, these pages take the reader on an adventure through 14 really cool natural wonders of the world. We travel around the globe discovering a fine selection of places.

I like this book both for its fascinating content (volcanoes, ocean trenches, mountain peaks, etc.) and also for its helpful language component. This book is a good tool for teaching the superlative: the largest, the deepest, the windiest... It's the most amazing book! And the illustrations are outstanding. ( )

This is such an amazing book that any teacher would love for an earth lesson. Throughout this book is shows scientific facts that correlate with pictures of different places around the world. You could even use this as a math lesson since the book refers to the "scale" of the places mentioned. ( )

An informational book that shows the different extreme landforms and environments on earth. It travels all over the world exploring things like the highest mountain on earth Mount Everest to the windiest spot on earth in New Hampshire. The artwork seemed to consist of different textures and fabrics that gave depth to the images that was very appealing. ( )