Copyright Date:
2005
Edition Date:
2005
Release Date:
05/19/05
Illustrator:
Harrison, Nancy,
Pages:
104 pages
ISBN:
Publisher: 0-448-43764-3 Perma-Bound: 0-605-39637-X
ISBN 13:
Publisher: 978-0-448-43764-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-39637-1
Dewey:
921
LCCN:
2004021503
Dimensions:
20 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Horn Book
(Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2006)
This readable, informative biography of the great scientist is marred only by the caricatured cover illustration (typical of the series) and interior pencil illustrations that are inconsistent in style. Otherwise, this will give young readers a good introduction to Darwin's life, career, and ideas. Timeline. Bib.
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(Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2006)
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103).
Word Count:
6,976
Reading Level:
5.1
Interest Level:
4-7
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 5.1
/ points: 1.0
/ quiz: 88291
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:4.6 /
points:4.0 /
quiz:Q46368
Lexile:
760L
Guided Reading Level:
P
Who Was
Charles Darwin?
Who Was
Charles Darwin?
For my wonderful and curious son, Dimitri, who loves to ask questions—just like Charles Darwin—D.H.
To my sisters, for their unwavering belief that anything is possible and always cheering me on—N.H.
Acknowledgement
Special thanks to Delbert Hutchison, Assistant Professor of Biology, Whitman College, for sharing his enthusiasm about Charles Darwin and making helpful suggestions on the manuscript. Any errors are my own.
Who Was Charles Darwin?
Charles Darwin took a five-year trip around the world on a ship called the Beagle, but he liked staying home best of all. He lived in a small English village where he raised pigeons, played with his children, and puttered in his garden.
Although he lived a quiet life, Charles Darwin started a revolution—a revolution of thought.
People have always wondered how life on Earth began. When Charles Darwin lived, most people in Europe and America believed God created the entire world in six days, just as it says in the Bible. But Charles Darwin was not most people. The Beagle voyage taught him to be a true scientist—to look closely at nature, question everything, and think in a new way about how life on Earth started. He showed how living things could naturally change, or evolve, over a long period of time.
Excerpted from Who Was Charles Darwin? by Deborah Hopkinson
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As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.
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