Animals Charles Darwin Saw: An Around the World Adventure by Sandra MarkleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
For me, this book was vastly different from Animals Marco Polo Saw: An Adventure on the Silk Road. While, I wasn't quite as impressed with the pictures, they are actually well done, appealing, and helpful. But the inclusion of the animals for this story is absolutely integral to it. There is a purpose for mentioning the animals, as they were central to the whole venture.
If I have a quibble with it at all, I am just a tad disappointed that it is mentioned more than once that the theory of evolution might be regarded as controversial. It was when it was first introduced and for many years afterwards, but today, among scientists, this simply isn't true. There are still discoveries being made with regard to exact mechanisms of inheritance and change, but the general idea of evolution is integral to virtually all of biology. It is almost like saying that the theory of gravity is controversial. New discoveries change some of the details, but not the overall scope.
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