This book is an introduction to Earth, the third planet from the sun and the only planet where we know there is life.

"Millions of miles from Earth, a cold, dusty world circles the Sun. The sky looks pink, and the ground is red. This planet is home to one of the solar system's biggest volcanoes and deepest canyons. Welcome to Mars!"--Page 4 of cover.

A colorful look at Earth's moon.

Did you know that Pluto is so far from the Sun that if you stood on its surface, the Sun would look like a bright, twinkling star, and nothing like the giant, shining Sun that we see from Earth? Or that scientists didn't even know that the largest dwarf planet, Eris, existed until 2005? These and dozens of other fascinating facts provide a perfect high-interest introduction to the newest lineup of objects in the solar system, Pluto and the Dwarf Planets....

A colorful introduction to our Sun.

A colorful introduction to the planet Venus.