Unit 1: The Beginning of Human Kind Picture Books

List of picture 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	Peoples I: ———————— Cro-Magnon
Older than The Stars
Big Bang!: The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular
Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story
The Stuff of Stars
Annabelle & Aiden: Worlds Within Us
One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything
Bang!: How We Came to Be
How Did I Get Here?: Your Story from the Big Bang to Your Birthday
It Started with a Big Bang: The Origin of Earth, You and Everything Else
Evolutionary Tales
This Chicken is a T-Rex!: The Great Big Book of Animal Evolution
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species
The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution
Amazing Evolution: The Journey of Life
Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution
Evolution (Let’s Read-And-Find-Out Science)
Evolution (Extreme Facts)
Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story
The Evolution of Humans According to Uncle Charles
Children of Time: Evolution and the Human Story
Annabelle & Aiden: SAPIENS: Our Human Evolution
The Story of People: A first book about humankind
When We Became Humans: Our incredible evolutionary journey
The First Dog
Stone Age Boy
The Kindly Caveman
Living in a Stone Age Settlement (Life Long Ago)
Discovery in the Cave (Step into Reading)
The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux
The First Drawing
The Cave Painter of Lascaux