Life Story by Virginia Lee Burton

PB, the cover is taped

Life Story is Virginia Lee Burton's seventh and final book, published in 1962. In a prologue and five acts, Burton traces the story of life on Earth, beginning with the birth of the sun and the formation of our planet, and highlighting major periods of the paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and recent eras, before concluding with a section on the seasons of the year and times of the day. Illustrated with full-color paintings and black-and-white diagrams, this book helps young children place themselves in time, space, and history and provides them with an overview of natural history and evolution that can serve as a scaffold on which later deeper study can build.