We first introduced our daughter to the concept of evolution when she was two years old with this fantastic book, Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
While our toddler liked the pictures, the only part she really grasped on to was that we share a common ancestry with monkeys. For months after reading this book she’d ask us questions like, “Mom, when were we monkeys?” One day she exclaimed, “When I climb trees then I’ll have a tail again! No, no, no, we’ll never have tails again!”
She recently started asking more questions about evolution, so we felt it was high time to check Our Family Tree
I particularly love this book because it explains how we evolved over time with concise descriptions, poignant examples, poetic verse, and beautiful illustrations.
With each example of an evolutionary change, the author relates that shift to us today.
Our now four year old daughter soaked up the storytelling, the pictures, and the thought-provoking story.
I do believe we need to buy our own copy.
oh man, i need to remember this and buy it for my sister the instant she gets pregnant (one day)! :)
YES!!!
Has Miss Leyba asked about how the dinosaurs fit into this picture?
The book talks about the asteroid that transformed the earth and we talked about how that was when the dinosaurs died!