{"product_id":"the-ultimate-biography-of-earth-from-the-big-bang-to-today-paperback","title":"The Ultimate Biography of Earth: From the Big Bang to Today! - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Lund\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJason Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ultimate biography of the ultimate subject--planet Earth! Featuring humorous interviews, bold illustrations, cutting-edge science, and four and a half billion years of history, readers ages 10 and up will get to know the place we call home and the importance of caring for our planet well into the future! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here it is--the celebrity biography we didn't know we wanted, and now can't get enough of--the story of Earth, our fascinating little home in the solar system with all its crazy life forms and dramatic geological ages. Travel back through the eras, eons, and ages, and discover the major extinction events (sorry, dinosaurs!) the introduction of new species (hello, humans!), and how the land shifted and changed over time to become what we know today (Pangea who?) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the chaotic Hadean eon with its huge oceans of molten rock to today's Cenozoic era, aka the Age of Mammals, get an in-depth look at how Earth has changed in the past and how it's changing now. Learn about the Great Oxygenation Event. Meet some of the planet's wildest life-forms, like \u003ci\u003eMegatherium\u003c\/i\u003e--a sloth as big as an elephant--and Hallucigenia--the walking, spiky worm so named because the scientists who first discovered the fossils thought they were hallucinating. Watch the continents separate, crash together, and re-form. And catch up on the basics, like why the sky is blue and how tectonic plates create mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's the ultimate biography of the best home in the galaxy for kids who are history buffs, science buffs, or just plain curious to know more about the world around them! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Lund is a nature writer who mostly writes silly things about birds on Twitter when he should be working. His \u003cbr\u003e writing on birds and nature has appeared in Audubon magazine, National Parks magazine, Slate.com, the Washington Post, the Maine \u003cbr\u003e Sportsman, the Portland Phoenix, Down East magazine, and others. He is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and has worked in federal energy policy in Washington, DC, before returning to Maine with his wife and son to work for Maine Audubon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Ford has worked for a wide range of clients and has become an author with the publication of the popular kids' activity book--The Super Book for Superheroes and the follow-up title, The Monster Book of Zombies, Spooks and Ghouls. His third title, The Cosmic Book of Space, Aliens and Beyond, was released in autumn 2021.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333802823917,"sku":"9781523513598","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/5VtIXIBkLk9781523513598.webp?v=1784992493","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-ultimate-biography-of-earth-from-the-big-bang-to-today-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}