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PreS-Gr 1—Thomas and Egnéus show how adaptation and natural selection work in the evolutionary process in order to change a species. In Great Britain, when industry heavily relied on coal, environmental factors affected the survival rates of the peppered moth, because predators could now see what was once camouflaged. The text and illustrations are clear and move at a steady p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"This is a story of light and dark. Of change and adaptation, of survival and hope." In a shadowy (pre-industrial) wood, a peppered moth-its "speckled, freckled" wing patterns wonderfully detailed in Egnéus's gorgeous mixed-media illustrations-emerges from its cocoon and joins other members of its species as they attempt to survive the bats and birds trying to eat them. Every once in a while, an all-black moth emerges. Prominen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More