Wonderful Earth

by Nick Butterworth, Mick Inkpen

The creation story is shown in this colorful book through interactive elements suchas lift the flap,turn the wheel, look in the mirror,and more.

Genres: Childrens, Science

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1990

About the author

Nick Butterworth was born in London and grew up in a sweet shop in Essex. He worked for various major graphic design companies before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. Among his picture books are Thud!, QPootle5, Jingle Bells, Albert le Blanc, Tiger and The Whisperer, winner of the Nestlé Gold Award. But he is best known for his stories about Percy the Park Keeper, which have sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. Percy has also appeared in his own television series.

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some fantastic illustrative layouts. I especially love the water page (a grid of 9 squares, mostly contained images, with a couple splashing out of their squares) and the plants page (where overlapping image squares are wrapped with vines and leaves trailing from the largest image. Great message about taking care of the earth. Note, however, that this book is more religion than science.

[Bene Vogt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Though one: beautiful illustrations, witty writing, cool paper engineering and an important message about environtalism on the one hand, nonstop Christian messaging instead of scientific explanations, so Good created the animals without a mention of evolution.
Pity.

[Andi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful.

[Aaron Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Butterworth, N., & Inkpen, M. (1996). Wonderful Earth. New Alresford, UK: Hunt & Thorpe.