Grow: Secrets of Our DNA

 
　　鼻子的形狀由4個基因來決定
　　髮色和髮質受到100個以上基因的控制
　　眼珠的顏色由超過16個基因來決定
 
　　非洲的青鱂魚從孵化到產卵，只需要15天。翻車魚和枯葉變色龍剛出生時都很小，長大後的翻車魚體型非常龐大，而枯葉變色龍卻只有火柴棒大小……這一切都和DNA有關。
 
　　人體裡也有DNA，這些DNA上帶著遺傳密碼和基因，告訴你的身體該怎麼長。比如鼻子的形狀由4個基因來決定、髮色和髮質受到100個以上基因的控制、眼珠的顏色由超過16個基因來決定！
 
　　科學家根據遺傳密碼，就能知道誰和誰有血緣關係，還可以發現原來黑猩猩是人類的動物近親，甚至連玫瑰花也和人類有相同的遺傳密碼……這本書用循序漸進的方式，逐一為孩子解開遺傳密碼和基因的祕密。
 
　　近年來，基因科學是非常熱門的話題，報章中經常出現基因改造等新聞。如果你想和孩子談遺傳、基因等觀念，這本書正適合作為孩子接觸基因科學的第一本書！
 
　　同系列還有：《微生物：看不見的魔術師》(Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes)
、《數不清！大自然的生物多樣性》（Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth）

　　——中文書介摘錄自《DNA：基因和遺傳的祕密》，上誼文化出版

＂The secrets of DNA, unpacked engagingly and accessibly.＂ --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Earth is full of life! All living things grow--plants, animals, and human beings. The way they grow, whether it be fast or slow, enormous or not so big, helps them survive. But growing is also about change: when people grow, they become more complicated and able to do more things, and they don’t have to think about it, because bodies come with instructions, or DNA. With simple, engaging language and expressive, child-friendly illustrations, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton, the award-winning creators of Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes and Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, provide an introduction to genetic code and how it relates to families to make us all both wonderfully unique and wholly connected to every living thing on Earth.

Nicola Davies is a zoologist and an award-winning author whose many books for children include Tiny Creatures and Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, both illustrated by Emily Sutton, as well as Deadly!, Just the Right Size, What’s Eating You?, Poop, Extreme Animals, and Talk, Talk, Squawk!, all illustrated by Neal Layton. Nicola Davies lives in Wales.

Emily Sutton is the illustrator of Tiny Creatures and Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, both by Nicola Davies, as well as The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy. Emily Sutton lives in York, England.