Unit 1: The Beginning of Human Kind Novels and Chapter Books

List of chapter books to go with Unit 1 of Big Ideas through History which covers The Big Bang, What is Evolution?, The Evolution of Man, and the Cro-Magnon.

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I have not read all of these books and there is a wide range of levels. I suggest thoroughly researching the appropriateness of each book for your situation before sharing with your children.

(affiliate links)	Section 1: ———————— Big Bang	Section 2: ———————— What is Evolution?	Section 3: ———————– Evolution of Man	Civilization I: ———————— Cro-Magnon
George and the Big Bang
The Big Bang (GREAT IDEAS OF SCIENCE)
The Big Bang (Science Foundations)
The Big Bang Explained
The Race to the Big Bang
How did it all start? Where did we come from?
Terra Tempo: The Academy of Planetary Evolution
Backbiters
Max Disaster #3: Alien Eraser Reveals the Secrets of Evolution
Galapagos Regained
A Bone from a Dry Sea
The Lucy Hypothesis
Lucy Lives: A Novel Look At Early Human Evolution
The Inheritors
Lucy & Andy Neanderthal: The Stone Cold Age
The Adventures of Caveboy
Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness Series
Children of the Wolf Clan Trilogy
Lug, Dawn of the Ice Age
Adventures in the Ice Age
Clan
Come Into My Cave: A Prehistoric Novel
Noonalook: A prehistoric adventure of bravery, compassion and redemption
Sisters of the Wolf
Maroo of the Winter Caves
The Wolf’s Boy