The Story of Birds: An Evolutionary History of the Dinosaurs That Live Among Us Children's Books on Animals He was awarded the Nobel

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957

A gentle glide starts things off

and dead bodies in radically different ways

Lisa Downing

The Story of Birds: An Evolutionary History of the Dinosaurs That Live Among Us Children's Books on Animals He was awarded the NobelFrom the bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, this is the engrossing story of the dinosaurs that live among us. Billions of birds share the planet with us. With their flamboyant plumage and joyous dawn serenades, many of them are impossible to miss. But how did they get here, how did they break the bounds of Earth and begin to fly, and how does their legacy shape our world? In delightfully energetic prose, expert palaeontologist