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The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution

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The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution by Catherine Barr, Steve Williams, and Amy Husband

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By Catherine Barr, Steve Williams, and and, Amy Husband

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19 reviews

This is an exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth, written especially for younger children.

Reviews

03 Oct 2025

A great book to explain the Earth’s origins to inquisitive young minds.

28 Aug 2023

Because I love Darwin's theory of evolution.

20 Aug 2023

It's a good for children to learn about how the works started. I found it really interesting and learned lots.
It's easy to understand.
Good for kids aged 5-10.

12 Aug 2023

This is a non-fiction book. I like the pictures and this is very colourful. I think it should use more vocabulary though.

25 Aug 2022

I love it so much it’s my favourite book.

13 Aug 2022

I can't believe that the first life of earth is cell. I found this book very interesting and I wish there was more books like this.

11 Oct 2021

If it was fiction, which person did you like best? It was science, and I liked the Egyptians.
If it was factual, why did it interest you? It interests me because I love history.
Would you recommend it to someone else? I don't know, maybe.

01 Sep 2021

This is a good book to describe how life has evolved and become more complex and interesting over time. It’s a more simply written book to introduce the idea, but a good one.

01 Sep 2021

I liked reading this book because it tells you about the history of life.

27 Aug 2021

It teaches us about evolution. I like the volcanos.

22 Aug 2021

I liked when the lizards had eggs and they got bigger and bigger then the dinosaurs came.

03 Aug 2021

It was factual. I liked that it was a book about life on earth. I would recommend it to someone else.

18 Jul 2021

I found this book facinating because it told me about how all living things on earth started out as bacteria and all lived in the sea. I would recommend this book to 7-9s who like science.

21 Jun 2021

It was funny.

21 Aug 2020

This book gave me some more information about evolution and the changes the earth has gone through. I think this book is aimed at younger children but it still taught me a few things. In the book, there were illustrations to give a visual idea of the changes on earth.

29 Jul 2020

Fact book. I liked it because it explains how we are here on earth and I can compare to the bible, makes me think.

10 Aug 2019

This is a very interesting book. I’ve read it before and am going to read it again before I take it back to the library.

11 Oct 2018

It was a super book. It told me about the different things living on Earth before today and how the Earth has changed. I think other children should read this.

28 Jul 2017

Wow!! I have learnt so much from this book, easy to read and lots of facts

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