Land of Hunters
Earth's Most Fearsome Predators
Published on 26. October 2023
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-78312-934-8 (ISBN)
Description
Explore seas, swamps, deserts and mountains, from the earliest life on Earth to our present day, and get up close to our planet's all-time deadliest predators.
Join the hunt with Velociraptor, defend your prey with mighty Smilodon, see how you measure up to the biggest shark of all time and take to the skies with some of the world's most incredible birds of prey.
A stunning central gatefold opens to reveal a timeline of life on Earth and the size of these incredible hunters.
Join the hunt with Velociraptor, defend your prey with mighty Smilodon, see how you measure up to the biggest shark of all time and take to the skies with some of the world's most incredible birds of prey.
A stunning central gatefold opens to reveal a timeline of life on Earth and the size of these incredible hunters.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
clr illus
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78312-934-8 (9781783129348)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Welbeck Children's Books
€3.99
Available for download
Persons
Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk Howard Gray loved to draw when he was growing up, and was always captivated by animals and nature. He pursued art throughout school but went on to study zoology at university, eventually completing a PhD on dolphins! Now, Howard has returned to his dream career of becoming an illustrator and has worked on many fiction and non-fiction projects. These days, he lives with his family in the picturesque city of Durham, UK.
Content
Features: Early predators on land, such as Dimetrodon and Dienonychus * riverbank hunters, such as Sarcosuchus, Suchomimus and Megapiranha * giant ground hunters * dromaeosaurids * giant prehistoric snakes * early mammal predators * South American predators of the past * Pleistocene predators * hunters of the sky * flying reptiles * prehistoric birds * how prey animals have evolved to cope with predators * ancient hunters of the seas * whales * sharks * today's top predators * felines * ocean hunters of today * insect hunters * birds of prey and snakes.
Also includes a gatefold showing these creatures placed upon a timeline of the Earth and an index.
Also includes a gatefold showing these creatures placed upon a timeline of the Earth and an index.