By Martin Jenkins (author) , Grahame Baker-Smith (illustrator) Part of the Walker Studio series
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Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020
This is the story of life on earth from its earliest beginnings. With remarkable illustrations and a clear and concise text, this is a fascinating and thought-provoking discourse on the huge variety of life that had come and gone before humans ever appeared on earth.
Discover the greatest story ever told: the story of life on our planet, from the big bang to the dinosaurs and beyond. Before humans took their first steps, there were billions of years of vibrant and varied life on earth. Discover the fascinating story of our planet, from the formation of the universe to the first mammals, and all the incredible life that flourished in-between.
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Covering ice ages and fossils, life in the teeming primeval seas and the first life on land, the time of the dinosaurs and the rise of the mammals, Martin Jenkins navigates through millions of years of prehistory in enthralling and accessible style.
With gorgeous art from the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator Grahame Baker Smith, this is a captivating journey through the life of our planet before we called it ours.
Martin Jenkins is an expert at presenting complicated subjects in entertaining and accessible ways to children. He has won several awards for his work.
He was born in Surrey in 1959 but grew up in Spain, Ireland and Kent. He attended Cambridge University as a scholar. A conservation biologist by trade, Martin worked full-time for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre, writing about a range of conservation issues. Since 1990 he has worked freelance for organisations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment. Martin's jobs have varied greatly: "I've been an orchid-sleuth in Germany, a timber detective in Kenya and an investigator of the chameleon trade in Madagascar."
Martin lives in Cambridge and London. Martin became involved with children's books when he was asked to advise on Walker Books' Animals at Risk series. Since then he has written several titles, including Emperor's Egg , winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back , which was shortlisted for the same award. He has also retold Gulliver's Travels , winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, and Don Quixote .
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Discover the greatest story ever told: the story of life on our planet, from the big bang to the dinosaurs and beyond. Before humans took their first steps, there were billions of years of vibrant and varied life on earth.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Life: The First Four Billion Years and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-12 years old
Life: The First Four Billion Years features in the following genres: Dinosaurs, The Natural World, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Geography, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, Educational material, History, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Life: The First Four Billion Years was written by Martin Jenkins and published by Walker Books Ltd
Life: The First Four Billion Years has 75 pages
Yes it is part of Walker Studio series
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