Planet Earth: My Life So Far An Autobiography of Our World

Discover the amazing story of our home planet - as told by Earth itself - by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.

Welcome to Earth - the planet we call home. From its very earliest beginnings 4.5 billion years ago to the birth of life, rise of biodiversity and the myriad creatures and lush landscapes that cover its surface - it's ALL here!

Planet Earth: My Life So Far is a comic-style, first-person account by Earth itself of its own life story. It includes the formation of Earth and the Moon, Earth's geographical and geological features, its habitats, life forms past and present, and the challenges it faces today. Planet Earth is written in Mike Barfield's hilarious style and accompanied by Jess Bradley's quirky and colourful comic-strip illustrations. Perfect for fans of the award-winning A Day in the Life... series.

About the author

Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice).

His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.
Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics. Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Colouring and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.

Summary

Discover the amazing story of our home planet – as told by Earth itself – by award-winning duo, Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Barfield, Barfield Mike
• Assisted by: Jess Bradley (Illustration), Bradley Jess (Illustration)
• Publisher: O'Mara M.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 25.03.2025
• Subject: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology
• EAN: 9781780559179
• ISBN: 978-1-78055-917-9
• Pages: 96
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Illustrations: Full colour
• Dimensions (packing): 21.6 x 28 x 0.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 420 g
• Subjects: Environment, illustrated, Ecology, Educational: Geography, Biodiversity, general knowledge, volcanoes, green planet, fossils, Interest age: from c 8 years, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Educational: Environmental science, Comic Book, Climate Science, Educational: Earth sciences, Earth Science, Earthquakes, Our planet; A day in the life; Comic book; Amazing facts; Fact book; Geography for kids; Books about the world for kids; Children's reference; General knowledge; Kids encyclopedia; Climate science; Illustrated; Earth science; Green planet; Biodiversi, amazing facts, kids encyclopedia, fact book, books about the world for kids, geography for kids, children's reference, A Day in the Life