This slim paperback is an informational guide that teaches young readers how to become a Landscape Detective by exploring and studying the world around them. In an easy-to-read format, the reader learns how to gather information, interpret it, and then display the results. The author cites guidelines explaining how this can be done by using tools such as photographs, compasses, thermometers, books, and other resources. Two good places listed are libraries and websites. Descriptions of these tools and how to use them follow. For example, there are a variety of maps that can be used to find out information.