{"product_id":"out-of-the-blue-how-animals-evolved-from-prehistoric-seas-9781536228809","title":"Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Readers can begin to understand the joyous, wondrous, frightening complexity of the creation of life. A book to be read over and over for its intriguing story, illustrations, and captions.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClear and inviting nonfiction prose, vetted by scientists--together with lively illustrations and a time line--narrate how life on the Earth emerged \"out of the blue.\" It began in the vast, empty sea when the Earth was young. Single-celled microbes too small to see held the promise of all life-forms to come. Those microbes survived billions of years in restless seas until they began to change, to convert sunlight into energy, to produce oxygen until one day--\u003ci\u003eGulp!\u003c\/i\u003e--one cell swallowed another and the race was on. Learn how and why creatures began to emerge from the deep--from the Cambrian Explosion to crustaceans, mollusks to fishes, giant reptiles to the rise of mammals--and how they compare to the animals we know today, in a lively and accessible outing into the prehistoric past that boils a complex subject down to its lyrical essence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Shreeve\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books for young readers, including the chapter book series the Adventures of Hector Fuller and two picture books, \u003ci\u003eCaptain Freddy Counts Down to School\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Joey Chou, and \u003ci\u003eOliver at the Window\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Candace Hartsough McDonald. She lives in Northern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrann Preston-Gannon\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator, designer, and award-winning author-illustrator. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDandylion Summer. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was the first UK recipient of a Sendak Fellowship and spent a month learning from renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak. Frann Preston-Gannon lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651906801938,"sku":"9781536228809","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1a3356a-451f-4580-9047-32834326ec50.jpg?v=1733312488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/out-of-the-blue-how-animals-evolved-from-prehistoric-seas-9781536228809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}