Reading List Additions for B-27

Castaldo, Nancy. The Story of Seeds: From Mendel’s Garden to Your Plate, and How There’s More of Less to Eat Around the World. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2016.

Challoner, Jack. The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life. University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Edelson, Edward. Gregor Mendel and the Roots of Genetics (Oxford Portraits in Science). Oxford University Press.

Fridell, Ron. Decoding Life: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Genome. Lerner, 2005.

Gibson, Karen Bush. Cells: Experience Life at Its Tiniest (Inquire and Investigate). Nomad Press, 2017.

Heos, Bridget. Stronger Than Steel: Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope (Scientists in the Field). HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013.

Hirsch, Rebecca. De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life. Twenty-First Century, 2017.

Johnson, Rebecca L. Amazing DNA (Microquests). Millbrook Press, 2008.

Mawer, Simon. Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics (Field Museum of Natural History). Abrams, 2006.

Mooney, Carla. Genetics: Breaking the Code of Your DNA (Inquire and Investigate). Nomad Press, 2014.

Phelan, Glen. Double Helix: The Quest to Uncover the Structure of DNA (Science Quest series). National Geographic, 2006.

See also list under Anatomy and Physiology in Relation to Cells I above.