The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker

Sis, Peter

ISBN 10: 0374456283 / ISBN 13: 9780374456283

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2003

About this Item

4to, 44 pp., Signed by the author/illustrator opposite the title page under a drawing of an eye with the earth as iris. Seller Inventory # 071500

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life ...

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: hardcover

Illustrator: Illus. by the author

Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st.

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.