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
With the holidays now on us, here are some gift-giving ideas for those Darwin lovers in your life (meaning, really, yourself!): Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia by Kay Harel (Columbia University Press/2022) | Publisher’s description: “Biophilia—the … Continue reading
This is a great time of the year to gift science books to family and friends, or even yourself – axial tilt is the reason for the season, after all. Here are some recent books about Darwin, evolution, and related … Continue reading
Last year I wrote about a new children’s evolution book, the self-published Grandmother Fish. Well, this awesome book has evolved into a second edition under a major publisher. You can check your local bookstore (request that they stock it even!) … Continue reading
Evolutionary biologist Tiffany Taylor (see here) is working with a a group of artists to illustrate ten short stories in rhyme that “explain the evolutionary advantages of some of the natural world’s unusual traits in child-friendly terms.” And Taylor has … 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 2015 I shared about a new children’s books about dinosaurs, Ancient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous, which “combines two things I really love: learning about dinosaurs and natural history illustration.” As I noted, the depiction of dinosaurs is done by praised … Continue reading
In September of this year, the National Center for Science Education (seriously, donate to them now if you value evolution and climate change education) posted on their blog about how Stephen Jay Gould’s comparison of Darwinian evolution to Kipling’s “Just … Continue reading
Kid’s books about evolution are not in short supply. However, some are better than others, such as Catherine Barr and Steve Williams’ new book The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution (London: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2015, 40 pp.). Geared … Continue reading
About a year ago I posted about two children’s books that combine interesting stories, beautiful illustrations, and factual information about dinosaurs and other extinct animals: Ankylosaur Attack and Pterosaur Trouble. Moving on to another group of extinct reptile, Daniel Loxton … Continue reading
I’ve posted before about a some great books about prehistoric creatures. For adults, there’s The Complete Dinosaur and Pterosaurs (reviews here and here). For kids, I reviewed Ankylosaur Attack and Pterosaur Trouble (here). Add to these a new book: Robert T. Bakker, The Big … Continue reading
In Redwoods, author and illustrator Jason Chin transported a boy from a big city subway to a redwood forest in California, and imaginations ran wild as a library transformed into an undersea world in Coral Reefs. Now, in his third … 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
February 12th is International Darwin Day. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, or in some other capacity given responsibility over the education or raising of children, there is a lesson to be learned from the naturalist Charles Darwin (February … Continue reading
I always love a new children’s book about Darwin. This new one following Darwin on the HMS Beagle voyage and his land excursions is no exception. Jennifer Thermes, Charles Darwin’s Around the World Adventure (New York: Abrams Books for Young … Continue reading
Artist Juan Carlos Alonso’s new book Ancient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous (Lake Forest, CA: Walter Foster Jr., 2015, 112 pp.), co-authored with paleoartist Gregory S. Paul, is unlike any dinosaur book for young readers I’ve seen. It combines two things I … Continue reading
The Dispersal of Darwin 