Snail with the Right Heart

<p><b>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...</b></p><p><b>★ A </b><i><b>Kirkus </b></i><b>Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book</b> <br> ★ <b>A <i>Spirituality & Practice</i> Best Spiritual Book of 2021</b></p><p><i>The Snail with the Right Heart</i> is a story 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. </p><p> This boldly illustrated book about evolution for children features a large gatefold that opens up to immerse readers in the story and will help kids understand that nature is all about differentiation and that being different is beautiful. </p>