Visual Timelines: Space: From the Beginning of Time to the Final Frontier - Hardcover

by Anne Rooney (Author), Violet Tobacco (Illustrator)

This book is a journey through space and time!

It will take young readers on a thrilling ride through the history of the space race-a true-life tale full of twists and turns, unforgettable people, and unexpected revelations.

Packed with beautiful illustrations, this visual guide sets out information concisely and with clarity. Discover how we have mapped the Universe, developed spaceships, left our atmosphere, and explored existence beyond our world.

This is a great way for readers to discover the history of space exploration, or to reinforce their understanding by putting facts in context and developing a sense of chronology and perspective.

An illuminating read for young people aged 8+.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Visual Timelines series introduces children to the history of human and scientific development, using engaging, richly illustrated timelines to pick out major events and put them in context.

Author Biography

Anne Rooney is an award-winning author who writes on science and the history of science for children and adults. Her Dinosaur Atlas was shortlisted for the Royal Young People's Book Award 2018 and won the School Library Association Information Book Award (ages 7-12), 2018. She has a degree and a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newham College, Cambridge. Her books have been translated into 22 languages.

Violet Tobacco is an illustrator based in Atlanta, GA. She studied theater in college but gravitated toward other mediums of art before graduating. Always a storyteller with an affinity for whimsy, humor, and a well-delivered moral, she is most fond of illustration as a means of expression. She enjoys working with other creative individuals to build stories that help us better understand who we are.