The text-heavy picture book The Island that Moved: How Shifting Forces Shape Our Earth by Meredith Hooper (illustrated by Lucia deLeiris; Viking, 2004) may be too wordy for a read-aloud, but it is an illustrated example of the changing geologic earth from era to era, thanks to the many forces at work on the tectonic plates beneath it.
From molten rock into the ice ages and then on to tropical jungles, the island in the center of the book has seen a lot, including a variety of climates and living creatures. This island off the coast of Antarctica at the center of the book has existed for many millions of years, but it has moved and changed in hundreds of ways through the ages.
Parent or teacher readers could also summarize the concepts of global change while showing the richly illustrated pictures.
