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
1: Our humble home
2: The whole of time at a glance!
3: It started with a BANG!
4: Nothing! Or was there?
5: Hello sunshine!
6: The early Earth
7: Collision course
8: Water world
9: Its raining rocks!
10: A spark of life
11: Meet your ancestor!
12: Millions of years of microbes
13: New cells on the block
14: Land on the move
15: Party atmosphere!
16: Snowball Earth
17: Animals arrive
18: Life explosion
19: Stepping ashore
20: Green scene
21: The age of fish
22: Tetrapod takeover
23: Day of the dinosaurs
24: Phew! What a scorcher!
25: Dinosaur battle
26: Sea and sky monsters
27: Furry and feathery
28: Asteroid alert!
29: Goodbye dinosaurs
30: Glossary
31: Index
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 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.
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