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Forests: A Visual Journey Through 400 Million Years of Forest Evolution
Paperback
Series: Our Living Planet
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 30 2026
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.21 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
From the Emmy-nominated creator of the Made Easy for Kids series!
Helping families around the world make learning simple visual and fun.
Forests did not begin with trees.
They began with tiny green pioneers spreading across an almost lifeless planet. Over hundreds of millions of years these early plants transformed into the first roots primitive trees giant swamp forests dinosaur landscapes flowering plants and the extraordinary forest ecosystems we know today.
Our Living Planet: Forests brings this incredible story to life as a breathtaking visual journey through deep time.
Through spectacular original illustrations cinematic scenes detailed diagrams maps and clear bite-sized explanations young readers can follow the evolution of forests step by step. Each major stage is visually reconstructed to show not only what ancient forests looked like but how one world gradually became the next.
This is not a traditional textbook filled with long pages of text.
Visual storytelling is at the heart of the learning experience. Every spread helps children see how forests evolved how their hidden systems work and how trees animals fungi insects water and climate became part of one enormous living network.
Inside readers will discover:- how the first plants transformed the surface of Earth
- how roots leaves seeds flowers and modern trees evolved
- why ancient forests were home to giant insects
- how forests changed during the age of dinosaurs
- what happens from the forest floor to the highest canopy
- how trees move water create oxygen and influence weather
- how roots fungi and mycelium form the Wood Wide Web
- how trees communicate share resources and send warnings
- how rainforests taiga mangroves and temperate forests differ
- how plants animals insects fungi and microbes work together
- why forests matter and how their future affects our planet
Filled with unforgettable imagery surprising discoveries and science made easy to understand this visual nature encyclopedia turns biology ecology botany evolution and Earth science into an adventure children can truly see.
Perfect for curious readers ages 8 to 12 independent reading homeschooling classroom learning and memorable educational gifts.
Enter the forest. Travel through deep time. Discover how one of Earth's greatest living systems came to life.
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