Modern day kids, Annie and Nico, travel way back in time to ancient Egypt and the great pyramids. That’s 4,500 years ago, to when the Great Pyramid of Giza, the biggest pyramid in the world, was built. Then, Annie and Nico check out the Great Wall of China, another impressive architectural feat. Finally, Annie and Nico go back in time to learn about “black gold,” otherwise known as oil, a non-renewable natural resource. Collecting three graphic novel adventures.

What better way to learn about history than with young Annie, who has certainly done her research. She and Nico time travel to the beginnings of the great pyramids, the Great Wall of China, and then a look at how oil production has gone full circle from the initial benefits to the harm it is doing to the environment.

Annie leads the way through each scene and she is like a walking information machine. Nico asks the questions that most readers will have about the unfolding event, and Annie answers them all. Seeing the graphic representation from each location ensures readers will have a better chance of remembering what they read.

Each of the tours is followed by a few pages of “And there’s more…” Here you find backgrounds on individuals who made the history, additional facts, and timelines.

History presented in this format is the perfect way to excite kids and get them learning more about the past.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR

Fabrice Erre, born in 1973 in France, is an author and teacher of comics, as well as an accomplished historian. Through his comics, he seeks above all to parody human behavior, teasing out our little personal weaknesses and our vulnerability to manipulation by the masses. Most recently, putting his history background to good use, Erre has teamed up with artist Sylvain Savoia to create the series THE THREAD OF HISTORY, set on bringing the past to vivid life for younger readers.

Born in 1969, Sylvain Savoia grew up in France, and discovered comicbooks at a young age. In 1989, he registered at the Saint-Luc art school in Brussels. Savoia enjoys a prolific international career illustrating comics.

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