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Rock Explorer: Fossils

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A slim volume. Well balanced content – covers all types of fossils – not just dinosaurs. Nice photos, digestible / bite sized facts, large sized print, just 24 pages with inviting cover. Given the focus on showing bite-sized facts there isn't much of a ‘storyline’ to follow through the book. But the book feels very accessible for ages 6+ (vocab is likely a bit advanced for most 5 year olds unless they were advanced readers, really into dinosaurs).

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Fossils are the remains of animals and plants that lived thousands or millions of years ago - so they're the best way for us to understand how we, and other species, have evolved over time. This book introduces young readers to the importance of palaeontology and shows the beliefs and myths that have advanced - and inhibited - our understanding of evolution. It's full of facts and photos of real-life excavations from all over the world. It gives advice on where to find fossils and how to treat ancient remains with care. There are brilliant, fun snippets, like the fact that people thought the coelacanth fish had been extinct for 66 million years - then, in 1938, living coelacanths were discovered off the coast of Africa! For thousands of years, people found dinosaur fossils but did not know what they were. The ancient Chinese thought they were dragon bones.

Author Biography:

Claudia Martin is the author of many children's books and has worked in publishing for over 20 years. Her favourite subjects include geography, history, animals and technology. Recent books published are titles in the My Little Book of... series, History Detectives: London, Makerspace Survival and Robot Pioneers.
Release date Australia
March 22nd, 2018
Audience
  • Children / Juvenile
Interest Age
From 6 to 9 years
Pages
24
Dimensions
221x224x5
ISBN-13
9781784939663
Product ID
26834490

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