A small boy imagines life on Earth when dinosaurs ruled, and the sky boomed with the wild beat of pterosaur wings. Then an asteroid fell, changing the world forever. If Kûn could go back further in time, he would witness an even bigger collision, when the young Earth was struck by another planet, creating our companion moon . . .
The Ever-Changing Earth takes us on a spellbinding journey through Earth's incredible evolution, with its forgotten creatures, its buried oceans and its frozen layers. It leads us to Solveig, a little girl who lives far, far away from Kûn, where she floats in a pool heated by fires at the centre of the Earth.
Following on from The Rhythm of the Rain and Wild is the Wind, Kate Greenaway award-winner Grahame Baker-Smith takes us on an unforgettable journey across our ever-changing planet Earth.
STOP PRESS ! Grahame is the winner of the Greenaway Medal 2011
Grahame Baker Smith studied at Berkshire
College of Art and Design. Deciding to pursue a career as a freelance
illustrator meant that he had to teach himself the craft of
illustration, working in a tiny Oxford bedsit and often buying his
paints instead of the paraffin for his heater.
Grahame has now illustrated a number of adult titles (including an
H.G. Wells trilogy), does regular illustration work for magazines and
creates stunning children’s book illustrations. Constantly
experimenting with different styles of illustration, Grahame likes to
challenge conventional boundaries with his artwork. Grahame
illustrated the magical picture book Leon and the Place Between,
written by Angela McAllister. Farther, which uses photographic collage and illustration, is the first book that Grahame has written and illustrated. It won the Greenaway Medal in 2011. Constantly experimenting with different styles of illustration, Grahame likes to challenge the conventional boundaries with his artwork.
Grahame is also busy writing and illustrating a groundbreaking new
project – an epic adventure called Tales from Terramaunia.
Grahame currently lives in Bath, with his wife Linda.
