“While up in the air, warm and bright,
Feathery creatures with wings took flight.
Soaring high in the blissful breeze,
And deep in the wind whipped waves of the seas.”

From tiny dots of microscopic bacteria to enormous dinosaurs.
Through the Ice Ages and the gallop of evolution.
From cavemen to cars, discover how our world began.

Elli Woollard's lyrical text is a pitch-perfect blend of storytelling, science and wonder. Life will fascinate and entertain the curious child, with Dorien Brouwers' immersive artwork heightening the beauty and inspiring awe in readers young and old.

Elli Woollard (Author)
Elli Woollard is a writer of picture books and older fiction for children, as well as a graduate in social anthropology. She has worked variously as a teacher of English as a foreign language, a copywriter, an editor and a freelance Thai to English translator.

Dorien Brouwers (Illustrator)
Dorien Brouwers grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the UK where she obtained a first-degree BA Hons in Graphic Design. Her work has been shortlisted for the illustrators' exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and also won an award at the World Illustration Awards. Alongside her picture books her clients have included the Prado Museum and Tate Modern.