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The Island That Moved

AuthorMeredith Hooper, Lucia de Leiris

NarratorJane Steel

Duration24m

CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Geography

Key StageKS2

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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Take one small island. Beautiful. Remote. Explorable. Then follow it on a journey. Where has it come from? Where is it heading? How fast is it travelling? This audiobook tracks one very small piece of the Earth's crust through time and space, introducing the ideas of plate tectonics to young listeners.

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