★ A Kirkus Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book ★
★ A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2021 ★ "Of all the devices for communicating information, my favorite is the narrative: humanity's psychological carry-on bag, in use since we huddled around our first fires. It can hold both factual information and ideas, real and imagined aspects of human experience.
The Snail with the Right Heart tells the extraordinary true story of Jeremy, the lefty snail. Snails with left-spiraling shells are a one-in-a-million rarity, and the search for a mate for Jeremy became a British media sensation. Popova's lyrical retelling and Ping Zhu's simple, charming artwork add so much to an already marvelous story, introducing readers to the genetic significance of Jeremy's rare mutation and to the concept of deep time (and how life exists within it)."– "The New York Times"
