Visual Timelines: World History
From the Stone Age to the 21st Century
Published on 6. February 2024
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-3988-3115-5 (ISBN)
Description
Written by award-winning author Anne Rooney, this highly-visual, full-color hardback takes a thrilling ride through world history using fact-filled, illustrated timelines throughout.
From the invention of the wheel to the information age, young readers can discover how the world have changed since our early ancestors, in this innovative, beautifully illustrated guide. Packed with annotated timelines, it maps out the chronology of each era and picks out major events and personalities in a concise and clear manner. This approach helps readers to put facts in context and develop a sense of history with a global perspective. - The Stone Age and early humans- Ancient Egypt
- The Roman Empire
- Black Death
- The industrial revolution
- The world at war
- The space race
> An illuminating read for young people aged 8+. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Visual Timelines series introduces children to the history of human and scientific development, using engaging, richly illustrated timelines to pick out major events and put them in context.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 232 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3988-3115-5 (9781398831155)
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Persons
Anne Rooney writes on science and the history of science for children and adults. Her Dinosaur Atlas was shortlisted for the Royal Young People's Book Award 2018 and won the School Library Association Information Book Award (ages 7-12), 2018. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, most recently at Newnham College, University of Cambridge.
Violet Tobacco is an illustrator based in Atlanta, GA. She studied theater in college but gravitated toward other mediums of art before graduating. Always a storyteller with an affinity for whimsy, humor, and a well-delivered moral, she is most fond of illustration as a means of expression. She enjoys working with other creative individuals to build stories that help us better understand who we are.