Product Description
All of us are part of an old, old family. The roots of our family tree reach back millions of years to the beginning of life on earth. Open this family album and embark on an amazing journey. You'll meet some of our oldest relatives--from both the land and the sea--and discover what we inherited from each of them along the many steps of our wondrous past. Complete with an illustrated timeline and glossary, here is the story of human evolution as it's never been told before.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 14 reviews)

Great evolution story - scientific but also a good tale by BCN

5 Stars
October 12, 2009
My 4yo daughter was asking about where the first people and dogs came from so I looked into different books to explain evolution. This one is perfect for her age because it is not technical at all though not inaccurate - it tells the story of evolution with beautiful words and pictures that read like a creation myth. People have always had creation myths and evolution is really no different. It doesn't have to be just boring technical stuff - it can also be a great story. I think this is a great book for children (and adults).

Very pleased by The Curious

5 Stars
September 19, 2009
This book is a superb introduction to evolution for small children. Millions of years are distilled into a simple chain of events from the beginning of life to modern man. Critical events are touched on such as Pangaea and when life was almost wiped out. The illustrations are rich and colorful, the text large and simple. Tree of Life by Ellen Jackson attempts to do something similar, but I sent it back because it did it so poorly. This book is a keeper and will be used for both history and science in homeschooling an elementary age child.

Great book for the kids. by Brian A. Troyk

5 Stars
May 22, 2009
My son loves this book! He really enjoys the pictures especially and points them out with excitement. I think the story is well laid out. I wanted him to get exposed to multiple points of view on the topic as he grew up and I felt this was a good book to do that.

Great! by Talisha Awbrey Cabral (Raleigh, NC)

5 Stars
February 16, 2009
If you are truly interested in educating your children, this is a great book! My 5-year-old completely understood where we came from and how all species are related. To be able to grasp that concept at such a young age is truly remarkable, especially considering most adults don't. This author is very gifted.

Can keep the attention span of a 5 year old on a hard topic by Kurtulus Alic (Istanbul, Turkey)

5 Stars
January 02, 2009
This book manages to tell the story of evolution interesting for kids. The topic is hard even for many adults and yet the book achieves to be interesting. My five year old can keep his attention on the book (I can read the book in one go). Pictures are interesting and the timeline tracker is useful. My son likes to tell the story to his nanny using the timeline tracker and the pictures. The author has two more science books for kids, which I would also recommend.

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