Earth: The Life of Our Planet: The Life of Our Planet

by Mike Goldsmith, Mark A. Garlick (Illustrator)

This unique book presents the Earth's geographical history as a visual narrative. Each doublepage artwork gives a snapshot from a key time period, plus a short piece of descriptive text to place the scene in context, both visually and historically. The text is short, light in tone and unobtrusive, allowing the reader to absorb the visual information while learning the key facts at a glance. A reference section at the back of the book (6 pages) summarizes all of the scientific information, in the form of a timeline, while the artwork spreads focus on telling this amazing story. Dr Mike Goldsmith's narrative journey through billions of years is a great picture book, a terrific read and a really enjoyable way to learn more about the fascinating life of our planet.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Dr. Mike Goldsmith studied the philosophy of time and space at Keele University, where he also obtained his PhD in astrophysics. He was formerly the head of Acoustics at the UK's National Physical Laboratory and is now an author of nonfiction books for children.

Reviews

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing illustrations in this one.

[Lauren Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informational Text
4th-6th

As reading this book I found that there was a ton of important information all throughout. I found out some stuff that I did not know about the earth. I would read this book to my future students so they learn more information about the earth.

[Bianca Crespi · Rating 4 out of 5]

me encatoo, es muy interesante, pero es muy corto

[Michelle Tempted By Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant illustrations, and easily understood facts. The timeline and clocks were very helpful. I appreciate that the dates are guesstimates but one can't possibly now the actual dates. I found this book woke my brain to some new questions I want answers to and THAT is why I read things like this. There wasn't an overload of information on any pages and the explanations were complex but not overly so. Again an excellent, I think adults can appreciate this book as well as children.