Description

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Written by award-winning author Anne Rooney, this highly visual full-color hardback by is a thrilling ride through the history of life itself, from the evolution of the very first cells to the conquest of the ocean, land, and air.

Packed with beautiful illustrations, this accessible guide uses timelines to help children understand the history of our planet in context. Each timeline picks out the major events of the era chronologically, creating a great way for children to reinforce their understanding of science, history and geography.

Includes:
- The origin of life
- Life on land
- The rise of dinosaurs
- Human evolution

Young readers can find out how this true-life tale lead to the extraordinary diversity of species in the modern world.

An illuminating read for young people aged 8+.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Visual Timelines series introduces children to the history of human and scientific development, using engaging, richly illustrated timelines to pick out major events and put them in context.

About the Author

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Anne Rooney is an award-winning author who writes on science and the history of science for children and adults. Her Dinosaur Atlas was shortlisted for the Royal Young People's Book Award 2018 and won the UK's School Library Association Information Book Award (ages 7-12), 2018. She has a degree and a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newham College, Cambridge. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. Violet Tobacco is an illustrator based in Atlanta, GA. She studied theater in college, but gravitated toward other mediums of art before graduating. Always a storyteller with an affinity for whimsy, humor, and a well-delivered moral, she is most fond of illustration as a means of expression. She enjoys working with other creative individuals to build stories that help us better understand who we are.