The Voyage of the Beetle

 

          Hello. I'm Rosie, a rose chafer beetle.  When Charles Darwin made his famous journey around the world on the British Navy ship H.M.S. Beagle in 1831-1835, I...er...took him under my wing (so to speak) and helped him on his quest to find the solution to what he called the mystery of mysteries:

 

*Winner of the 2008 Zia Award

*New Mexico State Library's choice to represent New Mexico at the 2008 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

 

 

                                

 

 

         

      

       

Why are there so many different species, or kinds, of living things on earth? Why are present day living things similar to ones in the past, but different too? Where do new species come from, and why do they arise?

 

   

        

 

 

Darwin's solution to the mystery of mysteries is one of the most important scientific discoveries of the last two hundred years. It changed the way we think about life on earth. Darwin showed us that all living things are related to each other.

The Voyage of the Beetle is an illustrated chapter book that describes our many adventures and introduces readers to the fascinating beetles and the even some of the humans that we met along the way. In every chapter, there is a clue to the mystery of mysteries.

Can you discover the solution before Charles Darwin does?

 

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The Voyage of the Beetle
 A journey around the world with Charles Darwin and the Search for the
Solution to the Mystery of Mysteries, as Narrated by Rosie, an Articulate Beetle.
 University of New Mexico Press. October 2007. 80 pages. ISBN 978-0-8263-4304-8

by Anne Weaver. Illustrated by George Lawrence.

 

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