Out of the Blue

By Elizabeth Shreeve, Frann Preston-Gannon (Illustrator)

Discover life's journey from ocean depths to land's surface.

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32 pages

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Dive into Earth's ancient seas where life began with invisible microbes. Witness the dramatic evolution from single cells to complex creatures, from the Cambrian Explosion to the rise of mammals. How did these transformations shape the world we know today? Explore this captivating journey through time, where each gulp and change paved the way for life as we see it now. Uncover the mysteries of our planet's past in a vivid exploration that brings prehistoric life to the present.

From the publisher

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.

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