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Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story - Hardcover By Lisa Westberg Peters - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 9780152017729
- Book Title
- Our Family Tree : an Evolution Story
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- Readers / Beginner, Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Science & Nature / Biology
- Item Width
- 10.5in
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 48 Pages
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Complete with an illustrated timeline and glossary, here is the story of human evolution as it's never been told before.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0152017720
ISBN-13
9780152017729
eBay Product ID (ePID)
385651
Product Key Features
Book Title
Our Family Tree : an Evolution Story
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Readers / Beginner, Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Science & Nature / Biology
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
10.5in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.P44174ou 2003
Grade from
Preschool
Grade to
Third Grade
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"Evolution is what has created the living world and what keeps it going. If we do not understand evolution, we will never understand our world. How lucky our children are to have this beautiful and moving guide from which to learn!" --Dr. Ernst Mayr Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, Harvard University --, "Evolution is what has created the living world and what keeps it going. If we do not understand evolution, we will never understand our world. How lucky our children are to have this beautiful and moving guide from which to learn!" --Dr. Ernst Mayr Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, Harvard University, Kindergarten-Grade 3-Evolution is a ticklish topic. It is controversial to some for religious reasons; for others, it is a challenging concept to present to a young audience without losing scientific veracity. For one thing, young children have little concept of time-a million years might be the span between birthdays. For another, the idea of slow, evolutionary change still seems somehow equal to a magician's trick. So, accomplishing a reasonable explanation of a scientific concept and its progress through millennia is worthy of note. Peters's simple text uses the "we/us" format to place Homo sapiens in the "family" of life at its very beginnings. "All of us," she states in the first sentence of the book, "are part of an old, old family," going back to Earth's beginnings. "We've changed a lot since then." Through a simple progression, amply bolstered by Stringer's striking, large acrylics, she traces "our" family tree from unicellular organisms through amphibians, therapsids, and early mammals to early primates, hominids, and our distinct "humanness" today. Enriched by two pages of additional data and a colorful time line, the whole is rounded out by carefully written author and illustrator notes. Simpler than Stephen Webster's The Kingfisher Book of Evolution (2000) and Melvin Berger's How Life Began (Doubleday, 1990; o.p.), and perhaps easier than Joanna Cole's venerable Evolution (Crowell, 1987; o.p.), this book is a wonderful companion to Steve Jenkins's equally attractive Life on Earth (Houghton, 2002).Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY, Gr. 4-7. It seems like a great idea: tell the story of the evolution of all living things by showing that "all of us are part of an old, old family" and that we can trace our roots back to "tiny round cells in the deep dark sea." But it's not that easy to explain the minutiae of DNA and the sweep of Earth's geology and biology to a young audience. This oversize picture book, with chatty text and elaborate, packed, brightly colored, double-page illustrations, may look child friendly, but it's sometimes confusing. Readers are told that the time line, which appears in tiny print, isn't drawn to scale, but it certainly looks as if microscopic bacteria haven't been around much longer than primates. The second part of the book works best, tracing the emergence of warm-blooded creatures right up to the excitement of walking upright. This is best suited to classroom use, where adults can turn to helpful notes at the back to discuss our connections with those first tiny round cells and how we've changed since then.
Illustrated by
Stringer, Lauren
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
2002-007806
Dewey Decimal
576.8
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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