What Shapes Our Earth?

Product Description

Every day, forces are at work that change and shape the land around us. The songs in this series will take readers on a journey across time and space that answers the question: What Shapes Our Earth? Beautiful illustrations accurately depict Earth’s history as well as its varied landscapes and most astounding features. Young learners will easily grasp complex scientific concepts such as tectonic plates, erosion, and patterns in nature through this musical introduction to the planet we call home.

About the Author

Nadia Higgins is the published author of more than 70 books for kids and young adults. In addition to weird inventions, she has written about explorers, national parks, outer space, pop stars, and zombies. Higgins lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband and two daughters.

Jia Liu illustrates children's books because she likes to teach children and tell stories for them. By creating colorful, playful, and humorous work, she brings joy to children and inspires them, just as they inspire her. See more of her work at jia-liu.com.

Joseph Faison IV is a New Orleans–based musician, producer, audio engineer, and composer originally hailing from Nashville, TN. After years on the road as a five-string banjoist he settled in New Orleans to focus on performing traditional jazz and to build and operate a recording facility.

Dean Jones is a Grammy award–winning producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, blueberry picker, and lover of life. He’s released fifteen CDs for kids, solo and with his band Dog on Fleas, but is proudest of his work producing compilation CDs that have raised over $100,000 for Haiti, girls’ science education, and LGBTQ youth. Find out more at www.dogonfleas.com.

Since moving to Minneapolis in 2009, Erik Koskinen has amassed a following as a musician, songwriter, producer, and engineer. With experience stemming from years of traveling north to south and coast to coast, Koskinen taps those adventures and encounters in music sprouted from a blend of American folk, country, rock-n-roll, and blues.