Darwin’s Journey: New Children’s Book from Humanist Author Bailey Harris
Bailey Harris, the eighteen-year-old secular activist and author of the children’s science book series Stardust, is preparing to release a new book, Darwin’s Journey. Bailey has never been afraid to take on creationists and science deniers, including her hilarious tour of the Ark Encounter. This new book builds on her work to help children and families understand the important concepts of evolution by natural selection, while fostering a sense of wonder at the amazing world we live in. She’s working to broaden her audience and gain exposure for the release of this new book through a Kickstarter, which you can support here. Bailey’s activism began one evening when she was eight years old, watching the television show Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey with her family. In that episode, host and narrator Neil deGrasse Tyson said, “The planets, the stars, the galaxies, we ourselves, and all of life—the same star stuff.” Bailey was so inspired by this idea that she immediately went to the family computer, opened a new document, and began writing what eventually became her first book, My …