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www.teachwire.net | 47 evolution; introducing us to its extinct creatures, buried oceans, and frozen layers along the way. The journey ultimately leads us to Solveig, a young girl on a small island, warmed by the heat at the centre of the Earth. And although she lives many miles from a young boy named Kûn on a continent far away, she’s still connected to him, as everywhere on Earth is to everywhere else... This is a great book to use with KS1 that can take you way beyond literacy activities and inspire art, geography, science and music projects. K ûn loves dinosaurs. They once lived where Kûn now lives. Millions of years ago the sky boomed with the wild beat of Pterosaur wings, and the roar of Tyrannosaurus Rex shook the mountains. In forests cool and ancient, strange birds opened beaks stippled with tiny rows of teeth, filling the branches with the first birdsong.’ The Ever-Changing Earth is a beautiful book, in both language and illustration. Grahame Baker-Smith takes the reader on a magical journey through the incredible story of Earth’s The language employed here is poetic and carefully chosen to create a mood of mystery and awe – perfect for using as a base for poetry/descriptive writing activities, and the extraordinary creatures and cosmic activity that are shown throughout, are ideal for sparking the imagination in connection with artwork projects. This is a book that covers a surprising amount of ground, with, importantly, plenty to captivate the imaginations of a whole class – a really lovely book from a Kate Greenaway award-winning author. Grahame Baker-Smith’s gorgeous picture book about the evolution of our planet provides young readers with plenty of food for thought BOOK TOP I C KAREN HART Book topic KS1 Published by Templar Publishing, 2022 T E ACH RE AD I NG & WR I T I NG ‘ The Ever- Changing Earth