The Story of Life

Front cover of The Story of Life: a first book about evolution. This nonfiction picture book is illustrated by Amy Husband. it is the 1st in a children's book series.
You need this! A fantastic first book about evolution… my kids love it!
— Academic and writer, Professor Alice Roberts

The Story of Life A first book about evolution

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Explore the science of life on Earth. Follow this book’s timeline to discover how the first living cell formed, cells multiplied, jellyfish and worms formed, and how fish with bendy necks dragged themselves out of water into swampy forests. Meet the dinosaurs and find out how hairy creatures take over, stand on two legs and spread around the world. Nonfiction narrative for 6+ years.

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Published 2015 Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Illustrated by Amy Husband 
PB ISBN 978-1786033420
HB ISBN 978-1847804853
Expert advice: Brian Rosen, palaeontologist, Natural History Museum, London 


Also available in: Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Welsh

SLA Information Book Award Longlisted 2016

The English Association Picture Book Awards 2016 Longlisted.

First cells, single cells, mulitcells, first animals, first oxygen, evolution
Evolution, first life on land, Tiktaalik, swamps, dragonflies, giant insects, frogs
Dinosaurs, evolution, Tyrannosaurus rex, Bronchiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus, Velociraptor