A history of our Earth, from a mostly geological perspective, follows the journey of a single pebble from before anything lived on our planet right back to the moment where it rests between the fingertips of an inquisitive girl.

However, it would be an excellent book to refer to in the humanitarian subjects to touch on erosion and how a rock travels. It uses a lot of descriptive language and there will be a lot of opportunities to discuss new words. The life story of a pebble, seen as part of a much wider picture, nothing less than the history of the earth itself. Text mainly sits at the top and although dense, I don't think I'd take anything away from Hooper's writing: she packs a lot into the millions of years that lie on every page. Next the children are asked to take on the role of palaeontologists looking at fossil evidence, piecing fossils together.This book tells the story of a pebble, from its origins in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago to a busy, modern l andscape.

The children could then utilise this learning when considering how they might improve the soil in their school gardens. A fascinating history of the earth takes readers on a scientific adventure through time and across the globe, all by following a single pebble over millions of years. This resources will encourage and support pupils to explore unknown vocabulary, classify tiered vocabulary independently, explore the wider application of newly acquired vocabulary and enhance classroom vocabulary display which ultimately leads to improved retention. The information is scattered—much like the scout bees—and as a result, both the nominal plot and informational content are tissue-thin. The narrator, a young girl, holds a small pebble up and asks a simple question: ``Where did you come from, pebble?For example, as the bees travel, readers learn that “onion flowers are round and fluffy” and “fennel is a plant that is used in cooking. One page and 85 million years later, the earth's surface is beginning to rise and buckle, rain and snow cause cracks in the rocks, and the first living things appear on the land. Readers follow the processes of rock formation and erosion that create new pebbles all over the world. For example, monofloral honey is defined as “made by bees who visit just one kind of flower” with no acknowledgment of the fact that bees may range widely, and swarm activity is described as a springtime event, when it can also occur in summer and early fall. As a parallel to the book, as the pebble is shaped over time, the pupils could explore how water shapes the landscape through erosion.

Although densely written, with lots of information to digest, Hooper brilliantly captures the idea that everything on Earth has a story, bringing life to such an everyday object. The detailed language, accompanied by the pictures, really does manage to 'walk' you through both the planets history and this journey that the pebble has embarked on just to get to where it is today. The beautiful illustrations give us not only the story of the pebble but of evolution too – giving the reader an indication of both time passing and setting the pebble into a much wider context. Coady provides spectacular paintings, given texture, weight, and movement by the strokes of his brush. By providing a contextual explanation rather than just a standard definition, we can better help children understand the stories we are sharing with them and widen their vocabulary.There are some interesting facts throughout the book, but many pieces of trivia are too, well trivial, to prove useful. I didn't particularly enjoy reading this book as it is very factual about the journey of a pebble made over 480 million years ago through earths history.

This narrative takes the reader into the deep and distant past to witness the formation of the rock from whence came the pebble held by the child in the first picture. Any personal data that you send us will generally be kept for five years before the records are removed.It really has completely changed the way I think of pebbles; “each pebble has come from its own special rock, each was made in its own time and place. This is a wonderfully factual account of the journey made by one tiny pebble over 480 million years of earth’s history. As soon as I opened it, I was like that's too many words, I don't want to read all those so I can imagine students having the same thought. At first, I thought there were too many facts for it to be a picture book, but as I carried on reading it was really informative but in a storytelling way. This video presented by Professor Alice Roberts is full of useful information for teachers planning work around fossils.