An informative exploration of the concept of evolution for young readers.
winner of the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award in 2010, ( )

The Story of Life is a book about evolution. The book is a timeline of the history of life and how it began. It starts from the very beginning when there was nothing on earth but volcanoes and oceans. About three million years ago, was the first record of the first cells. Some of the cells created oxygen, which we use to breathe. Cells began to evolve and adapt to their environments. The seas began filling with all sorts of creatures creating the food chain. Three hundred million years ago those creatures began to move onto land and adapt to their surroundings. Not too long after, something happened to most of the living population on Earth. Scientist have yet to figure out what happened. The only life that survived was lizard-like creatures. This began the stage of the dinosaurs. The lived for about 200 million years until a meteorite crashed into Earth. The only ones to survive was mammal like creatures which evolved into many monkey species. These then evolved into the first humans, which evolved throughout history to today. This kind of book can be trouble regarding to religion. Some parents might not want their kids to learn about evolution. If a teacher wants to read it or recommend this book , they should let the parents know. Overall, this is a really good book if students are interested in this topic. ( )

This is the story about how the first cells came about on earth and lead to dinosaurs and eventually mammals. It talks about how animals change throughout time through evolution. I like the illustrations as well as the explanation of what could be a difficult topic to understand for children. In the end it also says that humans and animals will keep evolving, which is an important point. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. ( )