Brown, Don
Summary: Conveys the history of the Earth in humorous graphic novel format, from the big bang through continent formation, discussing how weather events and climate change continue to shape the landscape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.7 BROSummary: "The planet Earth was born out of chaos and disaster - and completely by chance. Episode 1 transports us to this breathtaking genesis, the violent past that created the fragile conditions for life itself."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIRGladstone, James
Summary: Describes the formation of planet Earth, from its beginnings as molten rock and poison gas, to the formation of oceans, to the evolution of life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 525 GLASummary: This program gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a time of continuous catastrophe. Vivid animation lets viewers witness the traumatic birth of the Moon from a titanic collision between Earth and an object believed to have been the size of Mars. Bombarded by meteors and comets, rocked by massive volcanic eruptions, and scoured by hot acid...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Shubin, Neil.
Summary: Traces the unique qualities of the human species to astronomical events that occurred billions of years ago, revealing how the molecular development of human life can be linked to the evolution of the cosmos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 SHUKnoll, Andrew H.
Summary: An acclaimed Harvard geologist presents a narrative chronicle of the Earth's 4.6-billion-year evolution that places the environmental crises of today's world in a context that explains the planet's fragile capacity to support life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 525 KNOStrother, Ruth
Summary: "Information about rocks and minerals for children"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019