Highlighted by the Dutch Foundation for Literature
Linda Dielemans takes her readers to the bottom of the North Sea, where around a million years ago there were forests and people roamed around: Doggerland.
Covering a period of a million years, Dielemans gives a clear and enthusiastic account of how successive ice ages and warmer periods changed Doggerland and how, just like now, people had to adapt to climate change. She does not shy away from complex matters such as the concept of carbon dating. At the same time, she draws the reader in with fascinating historical facts. Who doesn’t want to find out about hippos swimming to England through the Strait of Dover 100,000 to 125,000 years ago? Or about the volcanic eruption in Southern Germany around 13,000 years ago, or how ancient reindeer hunters decorated their tools with zigzag lines?
An exciting story of a drowned land, beautifully illustrated by Djenné Fila.
