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Thomas, Isabel

Moth: An Evolution Story

48 pp. | Bloomsbury | June, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5476-0020-5 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5476-0142-4
(1) K-3 Illustrated by Daniel Egnéus. In a shadowy (pre-industrial) wood, a peppered moth--its "speckled, freckled" patterns wonderfully detailed in Egnéus's gorgeous mixed-media illustrations--attempts to survive; all-black moths stand out and are quickly eaten. But things change: with soot from nineteenth-century industrialization, the black moths are now hidden. Thomas deftly builds an easily understandable explanation of natural selection into the well-paced narrative. Back matter shows both variations of the peppered moth.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2019

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