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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began. We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivated climbing plants in the study, and to Bournemouth, where on one memorable family vacation he fed carnivorous...
22) The Danger Box
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In small-town Michigan, twelve-year-old Zoomy and his new friend Lorrol investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits.
23) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Traces the life and work of the British biologist made famous by his controversial theory of natural selection.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A brief biography of English naturalist responsible for the advancement of the science of evolution.
Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 1809), this thoroughly illustrated, yet concise biography reveals the great scientist as husband, father, and friend.
Tim M. Berra tells the fascinating story of the man and the idea that changed everything. Berra discusses Darwin's revolutionary scientific work, its impact on modern-day...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Charles Darwin always knew there was something special about worms. But what exactly was it? Follow him in his experiments as he discovers the answer is a spectacular pile of poop! This is the ... story of how Charles Darwin came to discover that the humble earthworm is the most important species on our planet. Without their life-sustaining poop, there would be no plants or animals on Earth."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This title is a brief, yet informative, biography on Charles Darwin. Readers will learn about Darwin's early life, personal life, and all about his contributions to science, natural selection, evolution, and common descent. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
30) Charles Darwin
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"In 1831, at the age of twenty-two, Charles Darwin embarked on a momentous five-year-long voyage on the HMS Beagle. His observations during this voyage led Darwin to eventually conclude that all species of plant and animal life have slowly evolved over thousands of years, adapting themselves to their environment by a process of natural selection. This book tells the story of Darwin's life, detailing the findings and events that led him to develop...
Pub. Date
[2009], c2000
Description
Shaking Western culture to its very core after its publication 150 years ago, On the origin of species forced humans to rethink their place in the universe. In this lively three-part series, Darwin's passionate disciple, popular author and biologist Richard Dawkins examines evolution and its legacy, confronts Darwin's doubters head-on, and explains natural selection in clear, straightforward terms.
32) Darwin
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
A biography of naturalist Charles Darwin with emphasis on the decades of struggle after he published his historic theory.
34) Charles Darwin
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Explores the life and career of the man who was the first to develop a workable explanation for how evolution takes place--natural selection.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments later--and only a block away--Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that these crimes are connected to an even more sinister plot. Was Victoria really the assassin's target? Are those closest to the Crown hiding something? And who is the shadowy figure witnesses describe as having lifeless, coal-black eyes?...
40) Darwin
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A picture book biography which reveals the assembling of Darwin's most profound idea: the survival of the fittest.