Making More: How Life Begins
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- $20.99
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
"Highly recommended for nonfiction and even parenting collections, where it will fly off the shelf with science-loving kids and neutralize any adult melodrama around talking to kids about sex."—School Library Journal, starred review
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Everywhere, all around you, life is making more.
From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species—and of life itself—depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples from across the natural world, from ferns and butterflies to trout, hawks, rabbits, and more.
Lucid, informed, and illuminated by beautiful paintings, Making More weaves a story that seamlessly explains life’s most fundamental process, answers children’s questions, and provides an essential tool for parents, caregivers, and educators.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Everywhere, all around you, life is making more." Roy begins this elegantly illustrated nonfiction study with views of a pale-skinned human family—one of whom is visibly pregnant—hiking through a park while new life emerges all around them. Snakes entwine, a beetle lays brilliant yellow eggs, a doe licks a fawn. Scientific prose details how two sets of genes "meet and merge," describing how when various forms of flora and fauna "make more," the process passes along genetic material ("Genes are the chemical instructions inside of cells that tell them what to do"). Full spreads expound on plant reproduction, mammalian gestation, and the early life stages of fish and amphibians. Each section includes a vivid, naturalistic watercolor portrait, explanatory text, and detailed, sometimes playful watercolor diagrams. Clear text and intimate portraits make this a thorough, substantive resource. Extensive back matter includes a glossary and author's note. Ages 7–10.
