Life (As We Know It)
Ziggy Hanaor
Once upon a time, before time even existed, all matter in the universe was concentrated in a single point a fraction of the size of an atom. And then? And then it exploded.
A celebration of the origins of our planet and the life that inhabits it. With lyrical text and sumptuous illustration, this book takes readers on an extraordinary evolutionary journey; from the emergence of photosynthesising single-celled organisms to the blobby sea creatures that gradually morphed into fish and then tetrapods, reptiles, dinosaurs and finally to mammals.
We tell stories of apples and snakes, of gods and monsters. But the creation story told by science is more perplexing and incredible than any we could ever make up.
Ziggy Hanaor is a publisher and writer living in London. Her humour-led picturebooks include The Pocket Chaotic (2020), Alex and Alex (2022) and Gory Rory Fangface Needs a Kiss (2023). Her graphic novel, Alte Zachen, was on the Yoto Carnegies shortlist, 2023.
Cristóbal Schmal is a Chilean illustrator living in Germany. His tactile ink and watercolour style has garnered many prestigious clients, including The New York Times, LA Times, Greenpeace and Lufthansa. This is his first book.