Children’s) The Earth From the Air for Children

I recently reviewed The Earth from the Air: 365 Days (RR 2002/152). This is a version for children containing 35 images. Each is spread over two A4 pages with a brief text by Robert Burleigh, drawing a social or ecological story from the picture. They are accompanied by a watercolour‐like sketch, by David Giraudon, of an inhabitant of the area, and a map showing the location in the world where the picture was taken. With just a tenth of the pictures of the long version the choice has to be somewhat arbitrary, and there does seem to be rather...