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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     More Content       More by this author     Stroud, Jacqueline L.     Subjects     Underground areas -- Juvenile literature.     Underground ecology -- Juvenile literature.     Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.     Animals -- Habitations -- Juvenile literature.     Burrowing animals -- Juvenile literature.     Soils -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stroud, Jacqueline L.       by title:      Under your feet / wr...       by call number:      577.584 S925u     Search the Web     Stroud, Jacqueline L.     Underground areas -- Juvenile literature.     Underground ecology -- Juvenile literature.     Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.     Animals -- Habitations -- Juvenile literature.     Burrowing animals -- Juvenile literature.     Soils -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Under your feet / written by Dr Jackie Stroud ; RHS author and consultant Dr Marc Redmile-Gordon ; illustrated by Wenjia Tang. by Stroud, Jacqueline L. Dorling Kindersley Limited, c2020. Call #: 577.584 S925u Subjects Underground areas -- Juvenile literature.   Underground ecology -- Juvenile literature.   Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.   Animals -- Habitations -- Juvenile literature.   Burrowing animals -- Juvenile literature.   Soils -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781465490957 1465490957 Alternate title:  Under your feet : soil, sand, and everything underground. Soil, sand, and everything underground Edition:  First American edition Description:  64 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes:  Published in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. Includes index. Contents:  Why do we need soil? -- Global warming -- The stuff of soil -- Soil horizons -- Soil city -- Shoots and roots -- Growing food -- A worm's work -- Decomposing -- Dry soil -- Soggy soil -- Beautiful boglands -- Sun, wind, and rain -- Awake at night -- Fungus kingdom -- Wonderful worms -- Marvellous moles -- Burrowers -- Spineless invertebrates -- Ant nations -- Tiny life -- Microbes in action -- All that glitters -- Ground around the world -- Soil to sand -- Moon dust -- Can plants grow on Mars? -- Be a soil scientist -- Taking care of soil. Summary:  Down where worms wriggle and microbes squirm, there's a whole world waiting to be discovered... Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus - the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt from your own back garden. Under Your Feet offers you the opportunity to expand your knowledge of the natural world and soil-dwelling creatures big and small. Bursting with colourful illustrations and photography, this is the perfect book for budding young plant experts, animal fanatics, and geologists, and anyone who is curious about the ground we walk on. Other authors:  Tang, Wenjia. Redmile-Gordon, Marc. Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Children's Nonfiction 577.584 S925u Childrens Books Checked out Jul 04, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Children's Nonfiction 577.584 S925u Childrens Books Checked out Jul 26, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Children's Nonfiction 577.584 S925u Childrens Books Checked out Jul 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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