Visual Timelines: World History: From the Stone Age to the 21st Century
by Anne Rooney (Author) Violet Tobacco (Illustrator)
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
• The information age
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.
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
• The information age
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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Anne Rooney
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. Her books have been translated into 22 languages.
Natalie Hughes is an illustrator with a love of nature and the mysteries of science. Nat gained a degree in Illustration from the University of Gloucestershire, and has since been published internationally.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781398831155
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Arcturus Editions
Publication date
February 20, 2024
Series
Visual Timelines
BISAC categories
JNF025150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Prehistoric
Library of Congress categories
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