Finding Wonders - Three Girls Who Changed Science (Paperback, Reprint ed.)

This "evocative and beautiful" (School Library Journal) novel "vividly imagines the lives of three girls" (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects. More than a century later, Mary Anning helped her father collect stone sea creatures from the cliffs in southwest England. To him they were merely a source of income, but to Mary they held a stronger fascination. Intrepid and patient, she eventually discovered fossils that would change people's vision of the past. Across the ocean, Maria Mitchell helped her mapmaker father in the whaling village of Nantucket. At night they explored the starry sky through his telescope. Maria longed to discover a new comet-and after years of studying the night sky, she finally did. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates the joy of discovery and finding wonder in the world around us.

General

Imprint:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2017
Authors:	Jeannine Atkins
Dimensions:	194 x 130 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
Edition:	Reprint ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4814-6566-3
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > General Books > Children's & Educational > Science > General Books > Children's & Educational > Technology & applied sciences > General Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literature texts > Poetry texts & anthologies Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4814-6566-X
Barcode:	9781481465663

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