Book Review

Time Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

By the Editors of Time Magazine
Review by Cynthia Mosher

Did you know that whales love to blow bubbles just like kids (and many of us adults!) do? That snow monkeys in the the mountain peaks of Japan like to zen out in hot springs? That fireflies are only one of thousands of sea, fungi and insects that have that really cool bioluminescence ability to glow light their way in the dark?

Our impressions of this book were a resounding and repeated "Wow!" This is one of those magnet books that draws the whole family to gather round and flip the pages together. It's one that visiting friends are immediately attracted to when they catch glimpse of it in your living room.

Available just in time for the holiday season, the new coffee table book is the perfect gift for friends and family of all ages and reaffirms the countless reasons we should care about the future of life on earth.

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From the publisher:

Planet Earth: An Illustrated History takes you on an epic journey of discovery through the wonders of Mother Nature where renowned photographers traveled to far corners of the earth to capture nature's most beautiful and most extreme. It is not meant to be an encyclopedia of the natural world, yet Planet Earth offers readers a wonderfully visual introduction to all the natural sciences: biology, zoology, geology, meteorology, oceanography, and animal behavior.

With exquisite photography, you will see nature's eternal and deadly dance between predator and prey; the curious and improbable ways that species adapt to their ecosystems; the fascinating ways that animals and plants reproduce; the lyrical beauties of our most remote and familiar landscapes.

Share the thrill of scientists who are dissecting the first intact specimen of a colossal squid; smile as you look at the beluga whale blows doughnut-shaped rings of air; and marvel as a fuzzy caterpillar blossoms into a butterfly whose wings are as clear as glass and as toxic as a nightshade plant.

Planet Earth is the perfect balance of stunning images and informative text and will set a new standard in the ecology of the coffee table book.

Get this for your family, for yourself, for anyone! It makes a wonderful gift for any occasion but most of all, it's a wonderful addition to you own coffee table library that you will find yourself and your family looking at over and over again.

Time Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

Cynthia Mosher is the Editor of VegFamily, the Magazine for Vegan Family Living.

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