{"product_id":"out-of-the-blue-how-animals-evolved-from-prehistoric-seas-9781536214109","title":"Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas","description":"\u003cb\u003eGraceful, succinct prose and engaging illustrations trace the evolution of life on Earth out of the blue and back again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClear and inviting nonfiction prose, vetted by scientists--together with lively illustrations and a time line--narrate how life on Earth emerged \"out of the blue.\" It began in the vast, empty sea when Earth was young. Single-celled microbes too small to see held the promise of all life-forms to come. Those microbes survived billions of years in restless seas until they began to change, to convert sunlight into energy, to produce oxygen until one day--\u003ci\u003eGulp \u003c\/i\u003e--one cell swallowed another, and the race was on. Learn how and why creatures began to emerge from the deep--from the Cambrian Explosion to crustaceans, mollusks to fishes, giant reptiles to the rise of mammals--and how they compare to the animals we know today, in a lively and accessible outing into the prehistoric past that boils a complex subject down to its lyrical essence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shreeve, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536214109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 9.80w x 0.50d","brand":"Elizabeth Shreeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39389818585163,"sku":"9781536214109","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_1310be77-69ae-4e7c-adc0-27be5c2b1ffa.jpg?v=1623123604","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/out-of-the-blue-how-animals-evolved-from-prehistoric-seas-9781536214109","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}