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Beasts from before the dinosaurs extraordinary forgotten creatures from 250 million years ago

There was a time when there was no grass, or birdsong, or flowers. When no Stegosaurus or T. rex had ever walked the Earth, and no Pterodactylus had ever flown through the sky. Sounds quiet, doesn't it? But it wasn't. It was crawling with life. The world looked very, very different then - and the an...

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Main Author: Lerwill, Ben (Author)
Other Authors: Scott, Gavin (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : words & pictures, 2026.
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Animals, Fossil > Juvenile nonfiction.
Paleontology > Permian > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:There was a time when there was no grass, or birdsong, or flowers. When no Stegosaurus or T. rex had ever walked the Earth, and no Pterodactylus had ever flown through the sky. Sounds quiet, doesn't it? But it wasn't. It was crawling with life. The world looked very, very different then - and the animals did, too. So, grab your binoculars, tread quietly and let's head back to the dim and distant past.
Physical Description:64 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
ISBN:9781836009450
1836009453
9781836009467
1836009461
Author Notes:Ben Lerwill is an award-winning travel writer and children's author based in Oxfordshire, England. Ben's writing has appeared in more than 50 national and international titles, including National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Time Out, BBC Travel, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Independent, BBC Countryfile and Rough Guides. His non-fiction children's books include One World Many Colours, WildLives, and Wild Cities. Gavin Scott was born in Wiltshire and raised in rural Dorset, UK. He was fascinated by the natural world from an early age and spent much of his childhood drawing and painting animals and birds. He later studied BA Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth Arts University. Working as an illustrator in-house for a number of years, honing his skills in character design, his style gradually evolved from scientific into children's picture books. He now lives in Somerset with his wife, who is also an illustrator, and their growing family. When he's not working, he loves rock climbing on the Dorset coast and riding and fettling his old Triumph motorbike.

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