One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780884486497)

Natural selection and speciation are all but ignored in children's nonfiction. To help address this glaring deficiency, award-winning children's science writer Sneed Collard traveled to the Galapagos Islands to see for himself, where Charles Darwin saw, how new species form. The result is this fascinating story of two species of iguana, one land-based and one marine, both of which developed from a single ancestor that reached the islands millions of years ago. The animals evolved in different directions while living within sight of one another. How is that possible?

Collard uses the iguanas to explore Charles Darwin's great discovery.

F&P Level V

Author: Sneed B. Collard
ISBN-10: 0884486494
ISBN-13: 9780884486497
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2018
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 199335 / One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2018 pg. 180
Booklist 02/15/2019 pg. 44
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory