This comes from Charlie’s Playhouse, a group of like-minded folks (they all see the importance of evolution education) who have put out some products for kids about evolution. See their website here, and their blog here. The list of books, … Continue reading
Historian of science Katherine Pandora has a great post at petri dish on books about Darwin for kids: The overwhelming number of recently-published children’s picture books about Charles Darwin — across a diversity of publishers and authors — choose to … Continue reading
Undergraduate students in the History of Science department (congrats, Piers!) at the University of Oklahoma have begun exhibits, with Professor Katherine Pandora, which are on display at the university’s History of Science Collections. The first exhibit is The Children’s Darwin: … Continue reading
Niles Eldredge, paleontologist, curator of Darwin, and one of the editors of Evolution: Education and Outreach, has a forthcoming children’s book on Darwin. Authored with Susan Pearson, Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries is due out in May 2010.
From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London) comes a book for children that accompanies their education program, The Great Plant Hunt: following in Darwin’s footsteps. Following in Darwin’s Footsteps is due out in May 2010. The Great Plant Hunt also … Continue reading
From The Sydney Morning Herald: Among the Darwin titles: Evolution In The Antipodes (UNSW Press, February) by Tom Frame, an Anglican bishop who writes that Darwin was deeply influenced by a brief Australian visit in 1836. Cambridge University Press’s library of Darwin … Continue reading
In a previous post today, I shared a new book that is described as instilling in the reader a “childlike sense of wonder” about dinosaurs. While My Beloved Brontosaurus is for older readers, there is a new series of children’s books … Continue reading
In books for children, Charles Darwin is generally depicted as an old man, a wise and respected gentleman. In more recent years, there have been many books that focus on Darwin during the voyage of HMS Beagle, and they show him … Continue reading
I always think it is fun and informative to follow through Twitter the dessimination of knowledge from conferences I am unable to attend. I’ve tweeted from a conference once and another time shared thoughts through Twitter later). Recently, Rebekah Higgitt, … Continue reading
In my local Salvation Army thrift store, looking through the children’s books to find stuff for my son, I came across this book from 1992: For a quarter, why not? The usual: anti-evolution, evolution is a fairy tale, pro-Noah’s flood … Continue reading
I just came across the blog of Trevor Owens (“proto-historian and humanities technology evangelist”). He has a recent post concerning Darwin and two from last year I’d like to share: Suprises in Early Children’s Books About Evolution Scientists in Action: … Continue reading
Some photosets from Flickr: Charles Darwin exhibit – Royal Ontario Museum Media Preview Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Axis of Evo (photo sets from the guy behind Charles Darwin Has A Posse) Thoughts From A Geographic Location: A Breath … Continue reading
Anyone familiar with the children’s book illustrator Steve Jenkins will love this book on evolution aimed at kids age 8 and up: Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution, by Laurence Pringle, with a Foreward by Jerry Coyne … Continue reading
What better way to introduce the second anniversary edition of the history of science blog carnival The Giant’s Shoulders than to share this photo of me, standing on the sholders of one such giant, Albert Einstein. As you may know, … Continue reading
Via Carl Zimmer at The Loom, I learned that C-SPAN has opened its video library online. So, of course, I entered “Charles Darwin” and “evolution” in the search bar, and here’s some of what popped up: Adam Gopnik talked about Angels … Continue reading
A new children’s book about Darwin, Charles Darwin (Giants of Science). Kathleen Krull has also written books about da Vinci, Newton, Freud, and Marie Curie.
The Humblebee Hunter [Inspired by the Life & Experiments of Charles Darwin and his Children] is a forthcoming (February 2010) children’s book about Darwin that differs from others: On a beautiful day the last thing Etty wants to do is … Continue reading
That popular imagery of Darwin too often portrays him as old and bearded has been discussed much recently (and acted upon!), and there seems to be an effort to bring in the image of a young Charles Darwin to academic … Continue reading
A new children’s book about Darwin to be released in January 2009: One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky From the time Charles Darwin was a boy, he was happiest when he was out … Continue reading
Yesterday was my last day withdrawing old books from my campus library. All in all, in six months I physically handled 18, 604 individual books or journal issues, and that’s not including the books that were damaged in the January … Continue reading
I got my hands on a children’s book about Darwin from books being withdrawn from the library where I work. It is Around the World with Darwin by Millicent E. Selsam from 1960, with drawings from Anthony Ravielli.
First, thank you so very much to Karen James (not nunatak) of The HMS Beagle Project for sending me the catalogue and map accompanying the “Darwin’s Garden” exhibit she got during her visit as a graduation gift. Second, Gloria Park … Continue reading
There was an article in May 3rd’s Washington Post about the Darwin’s Garden exhibit in New York: Window on the WorldIn New York, Replanting Darwin’s Fertile Ground For Thought By Adrian HigginsWashington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 3, 2008 NEW … Continue reading
What happens while I lay in bed sound asleep? Well, Karen of The H.M.S. Beagle Project beats me (she’s six hours ahead of me) to posting about another Darwin exhibit and event. Honestly, I planned to post it this morning … Continue reading
A negative review of the Darwin exhibit in Toronto, and thoughts on Alfred Russel Wallace: National Post: DARWIN DUMBED DOWN: The Royal Ontario Museum’s new exhibition does a disservice to the man and his work Uncommon Descent: Why the recent … Continue reading
