Men, Microscopes and Living Things by Katherine Shippen

This living book provides a broad brush stroke of the field of biology, and introduces many biologists that students may want to study further. This short read of 180 pages could easily be read in a few settings.

Biographies

• William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood by Thomas Henry Huxley
• Louis Pasteur by Laura Wood
• Louis Pasteur: Fighting Hero of Science by Grant Madeleine
• Louis Pasteur: Founder of Microbiology by Mary June Burton
• The Insect Man by Eleanor Doorly (Fabre)
• Beloved Botanist: The Story of Carl Linnaeus by Adrien Stoutenburg (192 pp.)
• Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics by Simon Mawer (176 pp.)
• Monk in the Garden by Robin Henig (Gregor Mendel, 304 p.)
• The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe (Gregor Mendel, PB)
• Dr. George Washington Carver by Shirley Graham and George Lipscomb (248 pp.)
• Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
• Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Discovery of the Smallpox Vaccine by Albert Marrin
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Year 12)
• Life is a Blessing: A Biography of Jerome Lejeune–Geneticist, Doctor, Father by Clara Lejeune

Living Books

• The Mighty Human Cell by Patricia Kelly (112 pp.)
• Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell by Boyce Rensberger (304 pp., ~gr. 11)
• The Way Life Works: The Science Lover’s Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along by Mahlon Hoagland
• 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense by Michael Brooks
• Energy, Plants and Man by David Walker

Biology – Virus, Bacteria, Microscopic

• Microbe Hunters by Paul deKruif (372 pp.)
• Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of Molecules by Philip Ball
• Hunting with the Microscope by Gaylord Johnson
• Adventures with a Microscope by Richard Headstrom
• Life Under the Microscope by William Hutchinson
• Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World by C.J. Peters
• The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic by Steven Johnson
• The Vitamin Pioneers by Herbert Bailey
• A Field Guide to Bacteria by Betsey Dexter Dyer
• Marvels of Pond Life by Henry J. Slack
• Pond Life by George Reid (reference style)
• Microbes At Work by Millicent Selsam

Genetics

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Year 12)
• The Impact of the Gene: From Mendel’s Peas to Designer Babies by Colin Tudge
• Life is a Blessing: A Biography of Jerome Lejeune–Geneticist, Doctor, Father by Clara Lejeune
• How Heredity Works by Jeanne Bendick

Evolution/Creation

• The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
• Not By Chance by Dr. Lee Spetner
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• We Were There with Charles Darwin on the H.M.S. Beagle by Philip Eisenberg
• Around the World With Darwin by Millicent Selsam

Ecosystems/Environment

• A Different Shade of Green by Gordon Wilson (204 pgs)
• The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono (74 pgs)
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
• Trashing the Planet by Dixy Lee Ray
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky (IP, gr. 5-12, 208 p.)

Resources gathered in part from Sabbath Mood Homeschool