
Aquarium
How Jeannette Power Invented Aquariums to Observe Marine Life
Darcy Pattison(Author)
Mims House (Publisher)
Published on 13. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
34 pages
978-1-62944-233-4 (ISBN)
Description
In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth.
Amazing weird fact: The Argonaut octopus creates a delicate shell for itself which it uses to travel up and down in the water and as a safe place to raise its young.
At the time, though, the only way to study a marine animal was if it was dead on land. That wasn't good enough. Jeannette wanted to study this creature alive. She had many questions: did it create its own shell, how did it reproduce, what did it eat, and did it know she was watching? She knew that careful observation was the only way to answer her questions.
Follow French scientist Jeannette Power on her quest for answers about one of the most mysterious marine animals on Earth.
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Series
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
121 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62944-233-4 (9781629442334)
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Children's book author Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, 5 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, 2 Junior Library Guild selections, and 2 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. Her books are translated into ten languages. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature.