Secret Stories of Lost Beasts (eBook)

A Field Guide to Uncover Earth’s Ancient Animals

Saskia Gwinn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
64 Seiten
Wide Eyed Editions (Verlag)
978-0-7112-9698-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The secret lives and amazing adaptations of past creatures are revealed in this beautifully illustrated compendium of Earth's long-gone beasts.Buried far beneath the ground are secret stories of ancient lands. Stories from a time when dinosaurs with tails as big as whales towered over trees, birds had teeth, and super-fast sharks with saws for jaws swam through oceans and seas.Earth's amazing animals may be lost in time, but they are no longer forgotten.From dinosaurs and sea beasts, to giant bugs, birds and Ice Age mammals, these spectacular species were once to be seen stomping, roaring, soaring and crawling across land, sky and sea but are now extinct and lost forever.In this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Secret Stories of Nature, you can uncover the fascinating histories of Earth's most astounding extinct animals, from iconic beasts such as Tyrannosaurus rex, the woolly mammoth and the dodo, to jaw-dropping creatures such as a dragonfly-relative the size of a pigeon and a tiny sea beast that looked like a cartoon character.When did giant bugs zoom through the skies and how did these creepy-crawlies become so colossal? Which dinosaurs had feathers and why is T. rex the most famous dinosaur of all time? How did mammals survive the giant asteroid? Which extinct animal had a boomerang-shaped head and which one was a mishmash of a bird, pig, crocodile and armoured armadillo? The answers to these secrets are waiting for you within!You'll discover how scientists past and present have used research, observation and fossil records to piece these stories together and unravel their secrets. Intriguingly, some secrets are yet to be revealed, while others are rewritten when exciting new information changes what we think we know.As well as discovering ancient animals, you can learn about beautiful beasts that have sadly been lost in recent years, but also the remarkable stories of animals once thought to be extinct but which have been rediscovered.Finally, at the back of the book you can learn how to help protect creatures that are critically endangered and their habitats. We can all work together to preserve our beautiful planet and its rich biodiversity!The fascinating text from children's author Saskia Gwinnis brought to life by gorgeouslydetailed, vintage-style artwork from Vasilisa Romanenko, making this a perfect gift book for the whole family to share.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Secret Stories
• Illustrationen: Vasilisa Romanenko
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Schlagworte: 10 • 11 • 6-8 • 7-11 • 7 year old • 9-12 • Adaptation • age 9 • Amphibians • Ancient • Ancient history • ancient nature • Ancient World • animal book age 7-11 • animal book for children • animal book for kids • animal book for older children • animal lovers • animals • animal secrets • Animal Stories • ARK • beringia • biggest • biggest animals • Biology • Birds • Birthday • Boy • Bugs • Cambrian • Carboniferous • children • Christmas • Classroom • conservation • conservation stories • Cretaceous • Curriculum • Dinosaurs • dinosaur stories • Discover • Dragon • Earth Day • earth's past • Educational • Elementary School • endangered • endangered animals • Endangered Species • Environment • Event • Evolution • extinct • extinct animal book for kids • extinct animals • extinction • extinction event • Fall • Fauna • Fifth • fish • Flora • forests • Fossil • fossils • fourth grade • fun facts • Giant • giant animals • giant bugs • Gift • Girl • Habitat • Holiday • Homeschooling • Ice Age • Impossible • Insects • Jungle • Jurassic • Karoo • largest • largest animals • lesson plan • Library • lovers • mammals • Mass • Mass extinction • Monster • Natural History • natural world • Nature • nature book for children • nature book for kids • nature conservation • Non-fiction • Nonfiction • non fiction 7-11 • non-fiction 7-11 • nonfiction 7-11 • non fiction for 10 year old • non fiction for 11 year old • non fiction for 7 year old • non fiction for 9 year old • non fiction for children • non-fiction for children • nonfiction for children • non fiction for kids • non-fiction for kids • nonfiction for kids • non fiction for older children • non-fiction for older children • nonfiction for older children • nonfiction stories • ocean • of • older • Palaeontology • paleontology • Permian • plants • Prehistoric • prehistoric animals • prehistoric world • Prehistory • present • Primary • Primates • protect the planet • pterosaurs • Rainforest • Reptiles • Rise • rivers • sauropods • Science • seas • secrets of trees • secret stories • Sharks • Steam • stem • Stories • Teacher • Trees • Triassic • True • true animal stories • wildlife • World • Zoology
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-9698-7 / 0711296987
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-9698-5 / 9780711296985