The Tree of Life : Charles Darwin

Sis, Peter, Sis, Peter (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0374456283 / ISBN 13: 9780374456283

Published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2003

About this Item

Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Sis offers an impressive homage to the life and ideas of Darwin through a fully illustrated, multilayered narrative augmented with copious charts, maps, and sketches.

Seller Inventory # 012292

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tree of Life : Charles Darwin
• Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374456283
• ISBN 13: 9780374456283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sis, Peter (illustrator)
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form

As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . .

Charles 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's trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature. 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 – Peter Sís has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin. This title has Common Core connections.

The Tree of Life is a 2003 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year and Notable Children's Book of the Year, and a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About the Author

Peter Sís has written and illustrated many award-winning books for children, including Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet Through the Red Box, both Caldecott Honor books. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.