A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth: Part 1 From the Big Bang to Birds

Name: A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth: Part 1 From the Big Bang to Birds
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By Anna Claybourne

Series: A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth

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A funny, fresh comic-strip look at the amazing (and very long!) history of planet Earth Take a whirlwind comic strip trip through 4.5 billion fascinating years of Earth's history, discovering how Earth and the solar system formed, how the first life evolved in the oceans, LUCA,... Read More

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A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth: Part 1 From the Big Bang to Birds

A funny, fresh comic-strip look at the amazing (and very long!) history of planet Earth

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A funny, fresh comic-strip look at the amazing (and very long!) history of planet Earth

Take a whirlwind comic strip trip through 4.5 billion fascinating years of Earth's history, discovering how Earth and the solar system formed, how the first life evolved in the oceans, LUCA, the ancestor of all living things, what became of the dinosaurs, and much, MUCH more.

Each book works as a timeline, combining information spreads with comic strip stories, and supported throughout by high-interest facts and plenty of humour. Perfect for kids aged 9 and up.

Contents:

Our humble home/The whole of time at a glance!/It started with a BANG!/Nothing! Or was there?/Hello sunshine!/The early Earth/Collision course/Water world/It's raining rocks!/A spark of life/Meet your ancestor!

Millions of years of microbes/New cells on the block/Land on the move/Party atmosphere!/Snowball Earth/Animals arrive/Life explosion/Stepping ashore/Green scene/The age of fish/Tetrapod takeover/Day of the dinosaurs/Phew! What a scorcher!/Dinosaur battle/Sea and sky monsters/Furry and feathery/Asteroid alert!/Goodbye dinosaurs/Glossary/Index

Explore the wonders of Earth's history with A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth: Part 1 From the Big Bang to Birds by Anna Claybourne.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781445190426

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Franklin Watts Ltd

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Illustrated by Rikus Ferreira

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 214.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 293g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Anna Claybourne (Author)

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.

Rikus Ferreira (Illustrator)

Rikus Ferreira is an illustrator, lecturer, comic artist and graphic designer originally from Cape Town in South Africa, but currently living and working in the United Kingdom. While working as a graphic designer he won numerous international awards, and his illustration work has appeared in publications all over the world. Apart from being internationally awarded for his illustration and design work, he has also exhibited his art both locally and abroad.