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The Snail with the Right Heart
The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story | Maria Popova
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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; 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.
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I think I have already read my favorite picture book of the year. This is a nonfiction gem!

The story of Jeremy, a snail with situs inversus, delves into evolution, reproduction, and genetics. When delving into the science behind the tale, Popova‘s words are poetic and the book‘s illustrations are gorgeous!

Have you read this @LibrarianRyan ?

LibrarianRyan No but I just stacked it. 3y
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