ANNOTATION

Virginia Lee Burton's unique ability to put meaning into the elusive passagesof time will give all readers a firm grasp of the history of our planet and abetter sense of their own part in it. Full color.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A beautifully designed book set up as a play in five acts. The passage of time is shown visually on each page.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

``The drama of Life is a continuing story,'' says Burton in her epilogue; she amply demonstrates this in her magnificent description of the evolutionary process, with text and paintings presented as a five-act play. All ages. (Oct.)