The story of planet Earth, its history and how and why it changes over time, for kids 10 and up. Here's Earth's "biography" through the eras, eons, and ages, including extinction events (sorry, dinosaurs!) and introduction of new species (hello, humans!), told in biography form, with lots of humor, illustrations, and facts.
The story of planet Earth, its history and how and why it changes over time, for kids 10 and up. Here's Earth's "biography" through the eras, eons, and ages, including extinction events (sorry, dinosaurs!) and introduction of new species (hello, humans!), told in biography form, with lots of humor, illustrations, and facts.
Nick Lund is a nature writer who mostly writes silly things about birds on Twitter when he should be working. His writing on birds and nature has appeared in Audubon magazine, National Parks magazine, Slate.com, the Washington Post, the Maine Sportsman, the Portland Phoenix, Down East magazine, and others. He is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and has worked in federal energy policy in Washington, DC, before returning to Maine with his wife and son to work for Maine Audubon. Jason Ford has worked for a wide range of clients and has become an author with the publication of the popular kids’ activity book—The Super Book for Superheroes and the follow-up title, The Monster Book of Zombies, Spooks and Ghouls. His third title, The Cosmic Book of Space, Aliens and Beyond, was released in autumn 2021.
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Chapter 1: The Very Beginning—The Formation of Earth through the Hadean Eon Chapter 2: Life Has Evolved, and It Itches—The Archean Eon Chapter 3: A Breath of Fresh Air—The Proterozoic Eon Chapter 4: An Explosion! But the Good Kind—The Cambrian Period Chapter 5: The Big Chill—The Ordovician and Silurian Periods Chapter 6: When Plants Killed Everything—The Devonian Period Chapter 7: Good Living and the Great Dying—The Carboniferous and Permian Periods Chapter 8: King Lizard Time—The Triassic and Jurassic Periods Chapter 9: The Other Big Bang—The Cretaceous Periods Chapter 10: You Are Here—The Cenozoic Era Final Notes from Interview with Earth How You Can Protect Earth’s Future Ask the Earth Q&A All the Time in the Universe Pronunciation Guide Further Reading/Resources TK Index Author and Illustrator Bios
Chapter 1: The Very Beginning—The Formation of Earth through the Hadean Eon Chapter 2: Life Has Evolved, and It Itches—The Archean Eon Chapter 3: A Breath of Fresh Air—The Proterozoic Eon Chapter 4: An Explosion! But the Good Kind—The Cambrian Period Chapter 5: The Big Chill—The Ordovician and Silurian Periods Chapter 6: When Plants Killed Everything—The Devonian Period Chapter 7: Good Living and the Great Dying—The Carboniferous and Permian Periods Chapter 8: King Lizard Time—The Triassic and Jurassic Periods Chapter 9: The Other Big Bang—The Cretaceous Periods Chapter 10: You Are Here—The Cenozoic Era Final Notes from Interview with Earth How You Can Protect Earth’s Future Ask the Earth Q&A All the Time in the Universe Pronunciation Guide Further Reading/Resources TK Index Author and Illustrator Bios
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