From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-Imagining what the Earth will be like in post-human periods 5, 100, and 200 million years from now, Pye bases her vision on the evolutionary development of common creatures. An introductory section presents information on contemporary climates, habitats, and animals as well as evolution. From here, giant leaps are made to the animals and habitats of the future. These speculations are presented in a factual manner with realistic illustrations depicting habitats, food preferences, and hidden dangers. Sidebars showing "Evolution in Action" describe the human-age ancestors of these future beings. Full-color computer art mixed with good photographs and an interesting and varied layout complete this highly readable work that will be useful for reports and enjoyed as recreational reading. Dougal Dixon and John Adams's The Future Is Wild (Firefly, 2003) contains much of the same information and some identical illustrations, but is written on a higher reading level.
Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY
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Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Booklist
Gr. 4-8. What will wild animals be like 5 million to 200 million years from now? Lively and informative, this companion to Animal Planet's seven-part The Future Is Wild TV special draws on principles of evolution and scientific research to predict how animals will adapt and change. The vibrant, attractive page layout and succinct, clearly written text will draw readers. Early sections describing the earth, plants, and animals today and their development lead directly into discussion of the way scientists predict a future ice age for northern Europe, underground desert cities, and an amazing variety of new animals, ranging from birds with four wings to megasquids and bumblebeetles. Digitally created pictures of the futuristic animals lose some effect when they appear soon after color photos of current animals; but kids should find the prospect of this future ecology fascinating, and they will have fun identifying the 36 new species pictured and described in the final creature profiles section. Roger Leslie
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