When Planet Earth Was New

author: James Gladstone
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2017/09/24
date added: 2017/09/24
shelves: children-s, non-fiction
review:
'When Planet Earth Was New' by James Gladstone with illustrations by Katherine Diemert is a picture book about the evolution of our planet over millions of years.

Told with short sentences, this is a picture book for young children. The sentences are few and fairly simple. The book shows the formation of the Earth from days before volcanic formation through water covering the planet. Early life forms grow, then larger and larger ones until people arrive.

There is a look again section that gives a bit deeper text along with a glossary and a list of sources.

I don't know if children who are 4 or 5 can comprehend numbers like million or billion. The text seems simplistic and I didn't think it was very engaging. What is engaging are the gorgeous illustrations. The eye is drawn to them and they fill almost two pages to go along with corresponding text. There are swirling colors and exploding volcanos.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Owlkids Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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