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The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike

Norwegian title: Sjøskorpionen på Ringerike

Jørn H. HurumTorstein Helleve

One of the world's most exquisite sea scorpion fossils was found near Tyrifjorden over one hundred years ago. It has now come back to life to take you on a journey back to a time when life had only just started to crawl out of the sea...

The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike concludes the trilogy that started with Ida and The Monster Reptiles of Svalbard. The books were written by Norway's only paleontologist Jørn Hurum in collaboration with Torstein Helleve, and beautifully illustrated by Esther van Hulsen. The previous books have been sold to several foreign publishers, and in France, Ida won a prize for being the best factual book for children.

In The Sea Scorpion of Ringerike, the authors take us even further back than in the two previous books while also bringing threads together and showing how we are connected to life forms that are 428 million years old.