New Comic Book Teaches Kids About Plate Tectonics

Earth science raises a lot of questions for kids: What was Pangea? Why do mountains form? Why do earthquakes happen? What would we find at the center of the Earth?

Some of these concepts can be difficult for kids to grasp, especially when the answers are hidden in a dry textbook or presented in a sometimes less-than-inspiring science classroom. But now, parents of aspiring geologists, volcanologists, and seismologists have an ally—a fun, educational comic book with the answers!

The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic (No Starch Press, Sept 2014, 40 pp., $7.95, 4C, ISBN 9781593275495) offers young readers answers to earth science questions as they follow the adventures of Geo and his robot dog Rocky.

The reader's journey begins 200 million years ago, then heads through modern-day Hawaii, across the ocean floor, and deep inside the Earth. Along the way, Geo and Rocky explain the Earth's interior, earthquakes, tsunamis, ocean ridges, volcanic islands, and the theory of plate tectonics.

The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic makes its way into fine bookstores everywhere in September. For more information, visit: http://www.nostarch.com/tectonicscomic