But is it Darwin? Books for the Children 2

This is absolutely brilliant, I sometimes get lost in adaptation and all that but this is the dino's balls.

Buy it for your kids now.

But is it Darwin? Backwards Evolution with Dan Dare!

On some planets evoluation goes backwards...

Really fast...

Because of marsh gas....

Evolution badly explained by 80's non-canon Dan Dare...

But is it Darwin? Books for the Children 1

Try this it's friendly and simple.

I understood it.

Goes through his life in some detail and then has fun explaining his theories.

Plus cartoons and quizzes

But is it Darwin? Darwin and Kipling Together At Last!

The fantastic theatre company Tall Stories (The Gruffalo) brought to life some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Darwin's theories of evolution in "How the Giraffe Got His Neck".  They looked at myth and Kipling's explanations and then looked at the even more fun explanation of evolution. My son was able to explain the reason for the sizes of different finch beaks at the end.

With just a cast of two this is a fantastic piece of work and it successfully avoids any of Kipling's apalling explicit racism - yep be careful if you read Kipling aloud to your kids and you haven't read it for years... see here for example... I had to stop... this is too horrible even for words... just read it... This is taken from "How the Leopard got it's spots"

I feel a bit sick now...

Approach Kipling with caution!

Still he drew great pictures...

I digress - thankfully Tall Stories debunk Kipling in a fun way and entertain and educate at the same time.

Shame this isn't touring anymore but Tall Stories are still producing great work (currently Mr Benn).

But is it Darwin? Darwin on a giant beetle

Drawn by Darwin's friend!

Go to it Charlie!

Definitely Canon, those beetles are extinct now...

Darwin ate them...

But is it Darwin? A Song for Charles Darwin

This beautiful song explores Darwin's journies and how much his wife missed him...

There are a load of folk songs on the Darwin Song Project website from 2009, check them out!

But is it Darwin? Toys for the Young Evolutionist

Celebrate Darwin's Birthday with these lovely toys...

I want all of them,

From the nodding Darwin...

To this Nodding Darwin with a skull (that must be the missing link)

But especially this one...

Who doesn't want to give Charlie a cuddle?

But is it Darwin? Darwin's Intergalactic Adventure

Created to Promote the Cheltenham Science Festival and Darwin's Bicentennial in 2009.

Click on the Picture to play the game!

I'd like to think this is Canon.

Although Darwin doesn't seem to eat or sketch his quarry after he shoots them.

But is it Darwin? The Press 1

Was Darwin a monkey? Well no. Not this particular species.

Was he descended from a Primate? Yes.

And so was I.

And you.

And you.

Oh and you as well.

Do you want me to go on?



In A Nutshell - The Entire Works of Charles Darwin