The Hottest and the Coldest (A True Book: Extreme Places)

From the burning heat of Dharan, Saudi Arabia to the icy cold of Antarctica, temperatures on Earth can have extreme variation from place to place.

Readers (Grades 3-5) will find out what life is like in these extreme places. They will also find out how conditions such as humidity and wind chill can affect the way extreme temperatures make us feel and learn how scientists study extreme temperatures in hard-to-reach areas such as ocean floors and mountaintops.