Above, Below and Long Ago: Animals, Plants and Fossils in Hidden Places
About this ebook
- In this STEAM title, young readers will meet plants and animals that are hard to see because of where they live. The book is divided into species that live high in the sky, deep underground or existed long, long ago.
- The plants and animals featured live all over the world. The snow leopard hunts high in the mountains from eastern Afghanistan to western China, the European Olm lives in some of the deepest cave systems in the world and the Ginkgo tree is a living fossil, only found in the wild in China.
- Discusses scientific concepts of evolution, adaptation, migration, pollination, extinction and predator/prey relationships.
- The detailed linocut illustrations bring the textures and colors of nature alive.
- The author has worked as an executive producer with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, based in Bristol, and with its Science Unit in London. He is author of over a hundred books on wildlife, science, travel, and conservation, including many for children. He is a corporate biologist and member of the Royal Society of Biology.
About the author
Michael Bright has worked as an executive producer with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, based in Bristol, and with its Science Unit in London. He is author of over a hundred books on wildlife, science, travel and conservation, including many for children. His bestseller Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown was written to accompany the popular television series presented by Sir David Attenborough. He is the recipient of many international radio and television awards, including the prestigious Prix Italia. He is a graduate of the University of London and a corporate biologist and member of the Royal Society of Biology.
Jonathan Emmerson is an illustrator and printmaker. Growing up on Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge led to a lifelong fascination with nature, fossils and all things prehistoric. He studied fine art at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and lives in St. Albans, making linocut prints inspired by the natural world.
