Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. Rikus Ferreira is an illustrator, lecturer, comic artist and graphic designer originally from Cape Town in South Africa, but currently living and working in the United Kingdom. While working as a graphic designer he won numerous international awards, and his illustration work has appeared in publications all over the world. Apart from being internationally awarded for his illustration and design work, he has also exhibited his art both locally and abroad.

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• 1: Our humble home2: The whole of time at a glance!3: It started with a BANG!4: Nothing! Or was there?5: Hello sunshine!6: The early Earth7: Collision course8: Water world9: It’s raining rocks!10: A spark of life11: Meet your ancestor!12: Millions of years of microbes13: New cells on the block14: Land on the move15: Party atmosphere!16: Snowball Earth17: Animals arrive18: Life explosion19: Stepping ashore20: Green scene21: The age of fish22: Tetrapod takeover23: Day of the dinosaurs24: Phew! What a scorcher!25: Dinosaur battle26: Sea and sky monsters27: Furry and feathery28: Asteroid alert!29: Goodbye dinosaurs30: Glossary31: Index

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. Rikus Ferreira is an illustrator, lecturer, comic artist and graphic designer originally from Cape Town in South Africa, but currently living and working in the United Kingdom. While working as a graphic designer he won numerous international awards, and his illustration work has appeared in publications all over the world. Apart from being internationally awarded for his illustration and design work, he has also exhibited his art both locally and abroad.

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• 1: Our humble home2: The whole of time at a glance!3: It started with a BANG!4: Nothing! Or was there?5: Hello sunshine!6: The early Earth7: Collision course8: Water world9: It’s raining rocks!10: A spark of life11: Meet your ancestor!12: Millions of years of microbes13: New cells on the block14: Land on the move15: Party atmosphere!16: Snowball Earth17: Animals arrive18: Life explosion19: Stepping ashore20: Green scene21: The age of fish22: Tetrapod takeover23: Day of the dinosaurs24: Phew! What a scorcher!25: Dinosaur battle26: Sea and sky monsters27: Furry and feathery28: Asteroid alert!29: Goodbye dinosaurs30: Glossary31: Index

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping. Rikus Ferreira is an illustrator, lecturer, comic artist and graphic designer originally from Cape Town in South Africa, but currently living and working in the United Kingdom. While working as a graphic designer he won numerous international awards, and his illustration work has appeared in publications all over the world. Apart from being internationally awarded for his illustration and design work, he has also exhibited his art both locally and abroad.

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• 1: Our humble home2: The whole of time at a glance!3: It started with a BANG!4: Nothing! Or was there?5: Hello sunshine!6: The early Earth7: Collision course8: Water world9: It’s raining rocks!10: A spark of life11: Meet your ancestor!12: Millions of years of microbes13: New cells on the block14: Land on the move15: Party atmosphere!16: Snowball Earth17: Animals arrive18: Life explosion19: Stepping ashore20: Green scene21: The age of fish22: Tetrapod takeover23: Day of the dinosaurs24: Phew! What a scorcher!25: Dinosaur battle26: Sea and sky monsters27: Furry and feathery28: Asteroid alert!29: Goodbye dinosaurs30: Glossary31: Index