Grandmother Fish
A Child's First Book of Evolution
by Jonathan Tweet
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Evolution, Science, and Fiction.
Where did we come fromIt's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explainespecially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish.Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ap...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Evolution, Science, and Fiction.
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Daniel Dennett
“Grandmother Fish, a charming book on evolution for very young children, is the perfect gift for any youngster.”
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Consider The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins. Recommended by 12 sources.
“Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.”
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