Looking back in Time

One of my son’s favorite books to page through recently has been A Street Through Time which is a DK book written by Anne Millard and illustrated by Steve Noon. The “A ______ through time” series is an impressive collection of pages that illustrate what a place looked like at different points in history. Part of the appeal of the book for my son is the larger size, so when opened to a particular page, the street view spans both sides of the pages. This particular book starts at the Stone Age Hunters era (about 10,000BC) and goes through to present time. There are explanations of things to look for around the perimeter of the pages, and locations are labeled in the illustrations. An added bonus is that on each page there’s a hidden time traveler that you can look for (reminds me of the Where’s Waldo Books). This book has been very fun to sit and look at with my sons. There is so much detail on each page as you see the cut-away views inside houses and shops. It has sparked some interesting thoughts about what our street looked like throughout history.