One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures

A lively text and captivating images tell the story of the ever-curious boy who grew up to make one of the most significant discoveries of our time.

From the time Charles Darwin was a boy, he was happiest when he was out alone collecting specimens. And despite his father’s efforts to turn young Darwin — a poor student — into a doctor or clergyman, the born naturalist could not be deterred.

Celebrate the bicentennial of Darwin’s birth on February 12, 2009 and the 150th anniversary of “The Origin of the Species”.
In a clear, engaging narration, Kathryn Lasky takes readers along on Darwin’s journey, from his discovery of seashells on mountaintops that revealed geological changes to his observations of variations in plants and animals, suggesting that all living things are evolving over time.