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The Story of Life
A First Book about Evolution
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This is an exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth, written especially for younger children.
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At first, nothing lived on Earth. It was a noisy, hot, scary place. Choking gas exploded from volcanoes and oceans of lava bubbled around the globe...
Then in the deep, dark ocean, something amazing happened.
This is an exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth, written especially for younger children.
The authors explain how the first living cell was created, and how the cells multiply and create jellyfish and worms, and then fish with bendy necks, which drag themselves out of the water into swampy forests. They tell the story of the biggest creatures that have ever walked on land - the dinosaurs. Long after that, hairy creatures who have babies, not eggs, take over, stand on two legs and spread around the world, some of them living through cataclysmic events such as ice ages and volcanic eruptions. Everyone living today is related to these survivors.
With delightful illustrations including lots of detail and humour, all carefully researched and checked, this book shows the development of life on Earth in a truly accessible and simple way.
Then in the deep, dark ocean, something amazing happened.
This is an exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth, written especially for younger children.
The authors explain how the first living cell was created, and how the cells multiply and create jellyfish and worms, and then fish with bendy necks, which drag themselves out of the water into swampy forests. They tell the story of the biggest creatures that have ever walked on land - the dinosaurs. Long after that, hairy creatures who have babies, not eggs, take over, stand on two legs and spread around the world, some of them living through cataclysmic events such as ice ages and volcanic eruptions. Everyone living today is related to these survivors.
With delightful illustrations including lots of detail and humour, all carefully researched and checked, this book shows the development of life on Earth in a truly accessible and simple way.
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The Story of Life by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams is praised for its simple, well-illustrated presentation of evolution, making complex subjects accessible to young readers. Recommended for children who favour factual content, it effectively introduces topics like life development and human evolution. With contributions from the Natural History Museum, it's highlighted as a notable March release and recognised for answering early questions on life's origins.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781786033420
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Amy Husband
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 40
About the Author
CATHERINE BARR studied Ecology at Leeds University and trained as a journalist. She worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues. While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions: Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert and Myths and Monsters.
STEVE WILLIAMS is a biologist with a degree in Marine Biology and Applied Zoology from the University of Wales. His lifelong love of wildlife was further inspired by eight years at sea, after which he trained as a teacher, and now teaches science in a rural comprehensive school in Wales. He is a beekeeper and lives near Hay-on-Wye with his wife and two daughters.AMY HUSBAND studied Graphic Art at Liverpool School of Art. Her first picture book, Dear Miss, was winner of the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award in 2010, and she also wrote and illustrated Dear Santa, in the same series. Amy lives in York with her partner, working in a studio with views of York Minster. The Story of Life is her first book for Frances Lincoln.
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