"This dynamic, illustrated delight excavates the incredible story of earth’s earliest animals from the very beginning (four billion years ago) through to humankind."
Just when it seemed like all fresh avenues for dinosaur-themed non-fiction for children might have been exhausted, along stomps The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals to knock less mighty mortals out of the (Jurassic) park!
Delivered with much energy — courtesy of Mike Barfield’s lively text and Paula Bossio’s brilliantly characterful, comic-style illustrations — it’s a feast of facts and fun as it invites readers to voyage back millions of years to meet the very first ocean-floor-dwelling lifeforms.
We then undertake a journey through the Paleozoic era, Mesozoic era (the dinosaur days), and the post-asteroid Cenozoic era, with detail on the “living legends” that appeared millions of years ago and survive to this day, among them jellyfish, silver fish and horseshoe crabs.
As we’re informed in the intro, The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals “isn’t just a book — it’s a time machine!” It’s also a wonderfully engaging whistle-stop tour through the evolution of animal life on earth.
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