Bridges or Walls?

See Episode 3 of Christopher Lloyd’s new video series on the History of Britain!

To celebrate the launch of the Wallbook Timeline of British History, in collaboration with the National Trust, Christopher Lloyd has filmed a series of 10 short videos charting the main forces that have shaped our island story from 60 million years ago to the present day. Join him for the Episode 3 on the story of walls – or see the whole series to date!

Click here to see Episode 3

What on Earth Publishing specialises in the art of telling stories through timelines.

We produce unique fold-out books that promote the joy of learning through natural curiosity.

We also run inspirational workshops for schools, literary festivals, family events, home educators, colleges, universities and for INSET training.

Our latest Wallbook tells the 60 million-year story of British history on a 2 metre-long timeline.

It features more than 1,000 pictures and captions and has been developed in
partnership with the National Trust.

Click here to see the latest review written by The Brick Castle website 

Our complete set of Wallbook timelines cover
Big History, British History, Nature, Science & Engineering, Sports and Shakespeare

The series has been developed in partnership with The Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the National Trust. Each title contains a 2m-long fold-out detachable timeline which also can be mounted on a wall. Key moments from the timeline are told in a series of more than 40 newspaper articles, with a crossword, letters page and 50-question quiz. A handy pocket magnifier is included in each book, making them perfect for all ages from 6 to 106!

“The most innovative approach to non-fiction since Horrible Histories, the What On Earth? Wallbooks present information in a way guaranteed to inspire children’s curiosity and to stimulate real enthusiasm for learning.”

Lovereading4Kids – November 2015

Our Big History wallbook divides the world into geographical streams. Simply chose a date and you can see what was happening at any time in any part of the world.

For example if you take the date 1520 you will find that….

Find out more about our philosophy of why making narrative connections is a far more powerful way of learning than  splitting knowledge into discrete disconnected fragments.