THE HUMBLEBEE HUNTER: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE & EXPERIMENTS OF CHARLES DARWIN AND HIS CHILDREN

Book ID/图书代码： 06540510B36892

English Summary/英文概要： On a beautiful day the last thing Etty wants to do is sit inside baking honeycake. She’d much rather be outside. Who wouldn’t? And there’’s no better person to better person to be outside with than Etty’’s father, Charles Darwin. While many might be familiar with the story of Darwin’s theory of evolution, few of us have had the opportunity to see Darwin the family man — at home in England, doing what he loved best — walking, exploring, and observing. All the while he pursued the answers to his most persistent questions, and he often had a little bit of help.

Deborah Hopkinson’s lyrical story of Charles Darwin at home with his children portrays a very human side of one of the most revered figures in the history of science. In doing so, she shows the natural affinity children have for the scientific process.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 對Etty來說，這麼一個好天氣卻要在屋子裡烤蛋糕可真是件浪費生命的事。她更喜歡野在外面！但如果要找個伴的話，她的爸爸查理斯·達爾文絕對是最佳人選！我們也許聽了千萬遍關於達爾文進化論的故事，卻鮮有人知生活中的達爾文究竟是怎樣的，這個居住在英格蘭的男人，最喜歡做的事其實很簡單——散步、探索、觀察。達爾文總是執著地追求事物的真相，他也經常會受到一些小幫助呢。
Deborah Hopkinson在這本有趣的書中與大家分享了這位科學巨人與他的孩子們在一起的悠閒時光。讓我們來發現一個與眾不同的達爾文，還有孩子們對科學與生俱來的熱愛。(Ruby & Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：Joining the bevy of recent books about Darwin, this title takes a domestic tack. The father of 10, the scientist passed along his passion for questioning nature to his children. This fictional story, narrated by his daughter Henrietta, introduces the Darwin family and follows the brood through an experiment it conducts to see how many flowers a bee can come into contact with in one minute. After dusting the bees with flour, the children happily run around the garden, counting each landing the bees make. The ending is abrupt; the delightful interlude, and the story, finishes when the children hear the word “Stop!” Puzzlingly, the narrative never offers any scientific conclusions, which, together with the sudden conclusion, keeps this book from fully blossoming. The author’s notes provide vital context (and define “humblebee”), though, and Corace’s illustrations pleasantly provide a nineteenth-century feel. Grades K-2. ---Andrew Medlar, From Booklist

Grade 1–5—This fictionalized account of the Darwin household offers readers an introduction to both the renowned naturalist and scientific inquiry. Young Henrietta, who is clearly a kindred spirit, describes some of her father’s adventures as well as experiments that she and her siblings performed. "We grew up asking what? and why? and how? When Father studied worms, Lizzie and I stuck knitting needles in the ground to try to measure their holes." Etty is in the kitchen reluctantly learning how to bake a honey cake, and when her father enters the house and sees her covered in flour, shaker in hand, he becomes excited. "I could almost hear his mind buzzing with an idea, a problem, a pattern to figure out-an experiment." The entire family runs out to conduct "The Great Bee Experiment" to determine how many flowers a humblebee visits in a minute. Notes about Darwin and his family are appended. The delicate, stylized illustrations, outlined in black and washed in natural shades of green and brown with spots of color, depict an amiable country Victorian household. Pair this inspiring read-aloud with Peter Sís’s The Tree of Life (Farrar, 2003) and encourage students to question and observe the world around them.---Barbara Auerbach, PS 217, Brooklyn, NY, From School Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Deborah Hopkinson is the author of many acclaimed books for children, including Apples for Oregon, an ALA Notable book, and Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the IRA award. She lives in Oregon.
Jen Corace has illustrated many books for children, including Little Pea, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal—a 2005 Book Sense Children’s Pick and an IRA Children’s Choice in 2006—and Little Hoot, also by Rosenthal. She recently illustrated Hansel and Gretel, a retelling by Cynthia Rylant. A graduate of the Rhose Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, Jen lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.
Deborah Hopkinson著有許多部深受孩子們喜愛的童書，包括《Apples for Oregon》、《ALA Notable book》、《Sweet Clara》以及獲獎作品《Freedom Quilt》。現居俄勒岡。
Jen Corace曾為多部童書做插圖，作品包括Amy Krouse Rosenthal的《Little Pea》和《Little Hoot》。她目前正在為《Hansel and Gretel》做插畫。Jen曾在羅德島設計學院取得了插畫美術學士學位。現居羅德島普羅維登斯。

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