Moth : an evolution story / Isabel Thomas ; illustrated by Daniel Egnéus.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781547600205
- 1547600209
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 595.78 T457 | Available | 33111009366226 | |||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | Children's Display | 595.78 T457 | Pollinators Display | Available | 33111009676087 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A rare pleasure ... a true story of adaptation and hope." -- Wall Street Journal
Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric introduction to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
"This is a story of light and dark..."
Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. Until the world begins to change...
Along come people with their magnificent machines which stain the land with soot. In a beautiful landscape changed by humans how will one little moth survive?
A clever picture book text about the extraordinary way in which animals have evolved, intertwined with the complication of human intervention. This remarkable retelling of the story of the peppered moth is the perfect introduction to natural selection and evolution for children.
A 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist!
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2019!
A Horn Book Best Book of 2019!
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2019!
Creative nonfiction picture book explains evolution and natural selection. A newly-emerged peppered moth blends in with other speckled-winged moths on lichen-covered branches, but over time the moths with black wings increase as trees are blackened by soot from man-made machines.