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Theia

The Little Planet Who Made the Seasons
Brief Description
Meet Theia – a small planet with a big destiny. She didn’t just crash into Earth… she changed it forever! Travel back 4.5 billion years, when Theia slammed into young Earth. From that colossal crash, the Moon was born. Earth began to wobble… and the seasons... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Discover how one BIG cosmic collision gave us the Moon, tilted the Earth and kicked off the most magical rhythm of all – the four seasons – in this graphic-novel inspired story all about Theia.

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Meet Theia – a small planet with a big destiny. She didn’t just crash into Earth… she changed it forever!

Travel back 4.5 billion years, when Theia slammed into young Earth. From that colossal crash, the Moon was born. Earth began to wobble… and the seasons came to life.

This hilarious, science-packed com-book adventure is perfect for curious, fact-loving readers ages 7–9.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836270591

Publisher: Post Wave Publishing UK Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Post Wave Children's Books

Illustration: Created and coloured digitally

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Katie Cottle

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 265.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Saskia Gwinn is an author of children's books. She has worked in children's publishing for nearly 20 years, crafting best-selling, award-winning non-fiction books to inspire kids on almost everything from how time began to the silliest things in the world today. She lives in Hertfordshire with her two boys who hope dinosaurs will one day revisit Earth. 

Katie Cottle is a freelance illustrator and picture book maker living and working in Bristol, UK. Originally from Swansea, she moved to Bristol to study illustration at University of the West of England and hasn't left since graduating in 2017. She is the illustrator of several popular children's books, and the 2017 winner of the Batsford Prize for Children's Book Illustration. She has also received the 'Highly Commended' accolade at the Macmillan Prize for Illustration on numerous occasions.

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