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Our Prehistoric Planet

Dinosaurs and Other Creatures of the Past
Brief Description
In this interactive book, children are invited to explore Our Prehistoric Planet through rhyming verse and stunning illustrations. With additional text that offers more detailed information and friendly interactive questions, children learn about the amazing creatures that, millions of years ago, stomped or swam where we... Read More
Format: Board book
$3495
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Our Prehistoric Planet

A rhyming, read-aloud introduction to dinosaurs and early life on our planet that, when opened up and folded back, creates a free-standing globe

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In this interactive book, children are invited to explore Our Prehistoric Planet through rhyming verse and stunning illustrations. With additional text that offers more detailed information and friendly interactive questions, children learn about the amazing creatures that, millions of years ago, stomped or swam where we live today. Lisk Feng's gorgeous art and the standout carousel-format that opens up to create a freestanding prehistoric globe, complete with magnetic closure, makes this a fresh, artful take on a highly popular topic.

Going beyond the typical scope of a dinosaur book, this expansive guide transports readers through time, starting at the origins of early life in the oceans billions of years ago. It then travels chronologically through the development of giant crocodile-like lizards, the reign of the dinosaurs, mass extinction events, and the rise of early mammals.

Along the way, readers will meet incredible creatures from across the globe, from familiar favourites like Stegosaurus to the bizarre brontothere, an enormous, rhino-like mammal with giant horns over 3 feet long! The book ends by returning to the present to explore the fossil clues that prehistoric creatures left behind.

This informative homage to our prehistoric planet is sure to inspire dinosaur-loving children to hunt for fossils and learn more about the early life of our world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837290390

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Board book

Date Published: 04 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 321.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 26

About the Author

Sue Lowell Gallion is an award-winning children' book author based in Kansas City. She is the author of Phaidon'ss Our World: A First Book of Geography, Our Seasons: The World in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn, Our Underwater World: A First Dive into Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers and Our Galaxy: A First Adventure in Space among others.

Lisk Feng is an award-winning illustrator from China. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014 with an MFA in Illustration and has since worked as a commercial illustrator for clients such as the New Yorker, New York Times, and Chanel.

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