A beautifully designed book set up as a play in five acts. The passage of time is shown visually on each page.
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Mar 29, 2010
Marcie
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My girls loved this one. This amazing book puts history in a linear time line. It is written and illustrated as a play in five acts plus prologue and epilogue. Life Story was written in 1962 so some of the science is outdated, but I thought it was a good introduction to the formation of our planet and the evolution of life forms.
Prologue: Our galaxy, planets, types of rock
Act 1 Paleozoic Era: Beginning lifeforms, earth's evolving climate
Act 2 Mesozoic Era: Dinosaurs, bird More...
Prologue: Our galaxy, planets, types of rock
Act 1 Paleozoic Era: Beginning lifeforms, earth's evolving climate
Act 2 Mesozoic Era: Dinosaurs, bird More...
Oct 05, 2011
Peter
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When I was in 3rd grade I took this book out of my elementary school library on a continual basis. I must have had it all year. At the end of the school year the librarian gave me the book, and I still have it.
Thirty something years later I bought a new hardcover edition of the book for my son. Who at just two years old is still too young to know exactly what is going on. But from looking at the early illustrations he now can say "Dinosaur" , and he can pick out his dad's More...
Thirty something years later I bought a new hardcover edition of the book for my son. Who at just two years old is still too young to know exactly what is going on. But from looking at the early illustrations he now can say "Dinosaur" , and he can pick out his dad's More...
Feb 06, 2009
Kirei
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This is an illustrated history of everything starting from the sun until now.
I found it very interesting, although I am not sure how outdated it is. I read it out loud to my six year old, and he didn't get anything out of it. He is more of a Magic School Bus type kid. This book is too textbooky for him.
I found it very interesting, although I am not sure how outdated it is. I read it out loud to my six year old, and he didn't get anything out of it. He is more of a Magic School Bus type kid. This book is too textbooky for him.
Jun 21, 2010
Becky
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The story of life on earth - from pre-primordial ooze to modern day. Really nice treatment, with a sweet ending about how you are in charge of your own life story. Only complaint was the "discovery of the new world" page - but to be expected from a book that is dated.
Sep 20, 2007
Phil
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I remember checking this book out of the elementary school library perhaps twenty times. It tells the story of the history of the Earth as a play in several acts composed of scenes (eras and epochs). Needless to say, this book had a huge impact on the way I think about time and history, and it holds an honored place in my library. I recommend this book to kids, even if the folk art may turn them off at first. It is beautifully illustrated, and Burton obviously took great care to make sure the in
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Oct 13, 2011
Jason
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The theory of evolution has never been so wonderfully presented as in this beautiful book by Virginia Lee Burton. It is a joy to read and the illustrations can be explored and appreciated for a lifetime!
Dec 27, 2007
Melody
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I think this is THE best book about evolution and time for little kids. If only I could read it without crying- as Burton brings the focus in and moves inexorably nearer in time to the reader, the intensity ramps up to a point where the brevity and beauty of life is so apparent that it's painful. An exquisite and breathtaking book.
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