How Heredity Works: Why Living Things Are As They Are

by Jeanne Bendick

Accounts for the different characteristics of animals, plants, and people by providing a simple explanation of the principles of inheritance and the influence of the environment upon living things

64 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 1975

About the author

Jeanne Bendick was born February 25, 1919, in New York City. When she was growing up, her grandfather taught her how to draw. He often took her to the American Museum of Natural History in New York to see the different kinds of art.

In her books, Jeanne Bendick liked to make her drawings very simple. In many of her books, she helps her readers see how science is a part of everyday life. With her words and pictures, she takes things that are complicated and makes them easy to understand.

Jeanne Bendick wrote over 100 books and also wrote filmstrip and television scripts.