Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536214109)

Graceful, succinct prose and engaging illustrations trace the evolution of life on Earth out of the blue and back again.

Clear and inviting nonfiction prose, vetted by scientists--together with lively illustrations and a time line--narrate how life on Earth emerged "out of the blue." It began in the vast, empty sea when Earth was young. Single-celled microbes too small to see held the promise of all life-forms to come. Those microbes survived billions of years in restless seas until they began to change, to convert sunlight into energy, to produce oxygen until one day--Gulp --one cell swallowed another, and the race was on. Learn how and why creatures began to emerge from the deep--from the Cambrian Explosion to crustaceans, mollusks to fishes, giant reptiles to the rise of mammals--and how they compare to the animals we know today, in a lively and accessible outing into the prehistoric past that boils a complex subject down to its lyrical essence.

Author: Elizabeth Shreeve
ISBN-10: 1536214108
ISBN-13: 9781536214109
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.80h x 9.80w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2021 pg. 138
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 141
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average