Non-Fiction Wednesday - A Wow Book!

Visit Alyson Beecher on Wednesdays for Non-Fiction Picture Books at Kidlit Frenzy.  Thanks to her hosting and sharing and those who add their posts, you can discover and celebrate terrific nonfiction picture books!  I always learn from these books, am happy that they are more and more available today for children, for everyone!

Thanks to Candlewick Press for the copy of this book!

            Wow, this book is both huge and filled with the information offered in the title, the beginnings and the history of the 'first four billion years'. The text by Martin Jenkins, the drawings and paintings by Grahame Baker-Smith of the solar system and the life evolving creates an extraordinary reading and learning experience, with extensive information. I imagine a classroom could use it as a support for studying this history and science all through a year, taking each part and expanding with more research. 
             An illustrated timeline and a glossary is added in the backmatter. Here's one example of a double-page painting.