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How to Have a Thought

How to Have a Thought A Walk With Charles Darwin

Hardback (13 Jan 2026)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Take a walk with Charles Darwin in this electrifying new picture book from Sibert Medalist Nicholas Day.

How do you work through a complicated idea, solve a tricky problem, or make a big discovery? Charles Darwin had a lot of ways to do it. He paced in circles and hit rocks with a stick. He studied the bones of his dinner. He even rode around the world on a boat called The Beagle.

These methods may sound unorthodox, but they led him to some pretty great thoughts-and discoveries about the origins of life as we know it.  

Sibert Medalist Nicholas Day's conversational text has all the charm of a true story told by your smartest, most interesting friend. With Hadley Hooper's engrossingly textured illustrations, How to Have a Thought is both an introduction to Darwin and an invitation to live with brilliant curiosity.

Book information

ISBN: 9780823458509
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Imprint: Neal Porter Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 32
Weight: -1g