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George, Jean Craighead

Galápagos George

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-028793-1 $15.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Wendell Minor. The author asks readers to extrapolate from the life cycle of a single female Galápagos tortoise, Giantess George, to the development of the species as a whole. She and other tortoises are swept away to different islands in a storm; over thousands of years, they evolve into different subspecies. Minor's painterly illustrations showcase the changing setting and the magnificence of the tortoises. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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