THE TREE OF LIFE: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin (Paperback)

Square Fish/Frances Foster Books, 2016. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Peter Sis color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Square Fish large paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. "Loose end pages." Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sís transforms into a visual treasure trove. A multilayered journey through Darwin's world, The Tree of Life begins with his childhood and traces the arc of his life through university and career, following him around the globe on the voyage of the Beagle, and home to a quiet but momentous life devoted to science and family. Sís uses his own singular vision to create a gloriously detailed panorama of a genius scientist's trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature and evolution. In pictures executed in fine pen and ink and lush watercolors - cameo portraits, illustrated pages of diary, cutaway views of the Beagle, as well as charts, maps, and a gatefold spread - Sis has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year; A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.