The snail with the right heart : a true story / Maria Popova ; Ping Zhu.
This is the real-life story of Jeremy, a rare garden snail found in 2015 by a retired London scientist. Jeremy's shell spiraled to the left, indicating reversed internal anatomy--including a heart positioned on the right. As a result, a similarly rare mate was needed in order to procreate.
Record details
- ISBN: 1592703496
- ISBN: 9781592703494
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: New York : Enchanted Lion Books, [2021]
- Copyright: �2021
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Snails > Juvenile literature. Genetics > Juvenile literature. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cass County Library-Garden City | J 594.3 POP 2021 (Text) | 0002205573831 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | J 594.3 POP 2021 (Text) | 0002205573849 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
The Snail with the Right Heart : A True Story
Click an element below to view details:
Summary
The Snail with the Right Heart : A True Story
â A Kirkus Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book â A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings ) Best Children's Book of 2021 â A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2021 Based on a real scientific event and inspired by a beloved real human in the author's life, this is a story about science and the poetry of existence... The Snail with the Right Heart is a story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death, evolution and infinity--concepts often too abstract for the human mind to fathom, often more accessible to the young imagination; concepts made fathomable in the concrete, finite life of one tiny, unusual creature dwelling in a pile of compost amid an English garden. Emerging from this singular life is a lyrical universal invitation not to mistake difference for defect and to welcome, across the accordion scales of time and space, diversity as the wellspring of the universe's beauty and resilience. This boldly illustrated book about evolution for children features a large gatefold that opens up to immerse readers in the story and will help kids understand that nature is all about differentiation and that being different is beautiful.