An illustrated overview of what Earth was like before life took hold for young students. Topics include celestial bodies, cyclical processes, earthquakes and tsunamis, volcanic islands, soil and how it forms, tides and currents, oceanscapes and the arrival of life.

An illustrated account on the variety and diversity of life on Earth for young students. Topics include climates, fossils, early animals and insects, perissodactyls, tropical forests, boreal forests, deserts, mountains and the poles.

An illustrated account of what lives in the Earth's oceans for youngsters, coverage includes cephalochordates and extinct jawless fish, sharks and relatives, early bony fishes, extinct placodonts and nothosaurs, aquatic turtles, how whales evolved, prehistoric shore and water birds and much more.

An illustrated account, for youngsters, explaining what is known about the flight of animals. Coverage includes aerial plankton, gliding mammals, insect wings, hidden wings, evolution of pterosaurs, evolution of birds, feathers and much more.

An illustrated book for young students presenting an overview of what is known about the first humans. Topics include Lucy and friends, the rise of Homo sapiens, early life in the Ice, Stone, Bronze and Iron Age, famous fossil hunters, great sites and population growth.