You Can’t Wear These Genes
by Shirley Duke (Author)
48 pages
Booktalk: Why do you look and act the way you do? Find out how you inherit traits from your family…
Snippet: “You have your mother’s green eyes.”
“Your chin comes from your father.”
“You must get your musical ability from your parents.”
People have always noticed traits, or characteristics, that are similar between parents and their kids. Some of these traits, such as eye color and a dimpled chin, can be easily seen. Other traits, like blood type and personality, cannot be seen.
This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up is at L.L. Owens
See Shirley Duke
on the Nonfiction Book Blast: Booktalks and Activities for Your Library panel
June 26 at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.
Students, send me your poems (for my new EduHaiku Poetry Month blog)
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