Mike Barfield, Paula Bossio
The Amazing Lives of Earth's Earliest Animals
Price: £10.99
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 18/07/2024
ISBN: 9781780559322
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Binding: Paperback
Size: 280 x 216 mm
Extent: 96 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 18/07/2024
ISBN: 9781837250677
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Size: Print Replica (Amazon Ebook)
Extent: 96 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World ex USA and Canada
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Enquire nowThe Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals is a smashing non-fiction title with endless use in a primary setting this is a book that is sure to be well-thumbed as soon as it is added to collections.
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Perfect for readers who love learning about the natural world, this book gives an insight into the lives of the world’s most interesting prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs, dodos and mammoths
Packed with fascinating cartoon strips, ‘Wild Style’ pages devoted to how animals’ particular features have helped them adapt to their environments and ‘Living Legends’ where modern animals look back to their earliest ancestors
Written by Mike Barfield, the bestselling and Blue Peter award-winning author of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You, which has sold in over 20 territories worldwide and over 40,000 copies in the English language
Created with the assistance of Dougal Dixon, a dinosaur and prehistoric animal expert who has written and consulted on a huge number of zoological publications dating back to 1980
Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.
Paula Bossio is a Colombian artist and illustrator. Her work has received many awards in Japan, Korea, India, Italy, Mexico and Colombia. Paula loves to create whimsical and profound stories told through charming characters, vibrant colours and mixed media techniques. She is the illustrator of Where in the World?, Search Through Time and The Wild Life of Animals.