What Mr Darwin Saw

Author: Mick Manning

Illustrator: Brita Granström

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

COLLECTION

Information

THEMES

Animals and Habitats Around the World Growing and Changing Transport and Journeys

YEAR GROUP

Years 5 and 6

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

A picture book which gives an outline of Charles Darwin’s life, his ideas and discoveries. It is set out like diary entries on pages torn from an exercise book superimposed on illustrations reflecting the drama and diversity of the places he visited and events he witnessed. Additional illustrations at the edges of the page are captioned with further contextualising information.

See also: Dan Green: Charles Darwin (Little Guides to Great Lives), illustrated by Rachel Katstaller (9781786272942), Laurence King £8.99

Sabina Radeva: Charles Darwin's On the Origins of Species (9780141388502), Puffin £12.99

Christiane Dorion: Darwin's Rival. Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution, illustrated by Harry Tennant (9781406378443), Walker Studio £15

Fabien Grolleau: Darwin: Voyage of the Beagle, illustrated by Jeremie Royer (9781910620502), NoBrow £16.99