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Author: Grey, Mini

Reading age: from c 5 years

Published on 20 April 2023 by Penguin Random House Children’s UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 48 pages
233 x 284 x 8 | 290g

Here we are at 4.6 billion years ago, and as we raise the curtain . . . the STORY OF LIFE is about to begin! (Yes, that’s right – we’re telling the story of the ENTIRE history of Planet Earth).

‘In the running for the greatest children’s picture book about Earth . . . Grey’s jokes and wild imagination elevate this far above the many non-fiction science titles for children’ – THE TIMES’Mini Grey’s book is a tour de force, introducing a complex topic in an accessible and engaging way.’ – BOOKS FOR KEEPSTake your seats for the ENTIRE history of Planet Earth, as we take a whistle-stop tour from the birth of Earth, to the age of bacteria, the era of dinosaurs . . . to the moment of people (blink and you’ll miss it).

Narrated by a friendly troop of insects and with mind-blowing, lively illustrations, this illustrated non-fiction book will entertain and educate, as we put on a show, the greatest show, the show of the evolution of life on Earth.

From internationally bestselling creator, Mini Grey, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, this is her first non-fiction book and it’s told with wit, humour and heart.