"This fascinating book explains the patterns and cycles created on Earth by the influence of the Sun and the Moon, as well as by the Earth's magnetic poles and the planet's rotation on an axis. Informative text, vivid photographs, and detailed diagrams help explain patterns such as day and night, the four seasons, the lunar cycle, the rise and fall of tides, and weather cycles"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Cycles make the world go 'round -- You are here -- Sunrise, sunset, seasons -- Moonstruck -- Weather report -- Changing systems -- Messing with the c-cycle.