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Author Stroud, Jacqueline L., author.

Title Under your feet / written by Dr Jackie Stroud ; RHS author and consultant Dr Marc Redmile-Gordon ; illustrated by Wenjia Tang.

Publication Info. New York : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J577.57 STR    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J 577.57 STR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 577.57 STROUD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department  J577.5 STR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J577.5 STROUD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J577.57 ST    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 64 pages : color illustrations, color charts ; 29 cm.
Note Published in association with the Royal Horticultural Society.
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 colorful 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.
Note 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 bogs -- 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.
Subject Soil ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Underground areas -- Juvenile literature.
Underground ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.
Animals -- Habitations -- Juvenile literature.
Burrowing animals -- Juvenile literature.
Soils -- Juvenile literature.
Animals -- Habitations. (OCoLC)fst00809503
Burrowing animals. (OCoLC)fst00841973
Earth sciences. (OCoLC)fst00900729
Soils. (OCoLC)fst01124682
Underground areas. (OCoLC)fst01160895
Underground ecology. (OCoLC)fst01160934
Genre/Form Junior literature.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Junior literature.
Added Author Tang, Wenjia, illustrator.
Redmile-Gordon, Marc, consultant.
Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
Added Title Under your feet : soil, sand, and everything underground.
Soil, sand, and everything underground
ISBN 9781465490957 (hardback)
1465490957 (hardback)
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