Scientists Get Dressed
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"You don't have to be in a white coat in a lab to be engaging in science or engineering--you can achieve whatever you want to in these fields."--Adrian McCallum, glaciologist, meteorologist, oceanographer, polar engineer, adventure STEM advocate
"While the scientists in the book include pioneers in their fields and environmental heroes, Scientists Get Dressed captures the important fact that scientists work everywhere, and are everyday people children might encounter. The scientists' dedication and enjoyment of their work is unmistakable in the book's photos, many never published before."--Christine Royce, author, "Teaching Through Trade Books" column in Science and Children--National Science Teachers Association
Stunning and engaging "you are there" photos and fun-fact filled text let young readers discover how scientists suit up, gown up, gear up, even dress up in costume to do their jobs. Through the unique lens of what scientists wear, young readers (and listeners) meet real scientists and learn about the challenges they face to make new discoveries, save lives and save our planet.
"Starting with Mae Jemison on the cover, Rose puts an unusually diverse gallery of researchers on the figurative runway...An eye-opening catalog of STEM wear."--Kirkus Reviews
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Deborah Lee Rose is the award-winning, internationally published author of Scientists Get Dressed and Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle, both published by Persnickety Press. Beauty and the Beak won the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, the Bank Street College Cook Prize for Best STEM Picture Book, and the California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award for Nonfiction. Her beloved classics include The Twelve Days of Winter, The Twelve Days of Kindergarten and Into the A, B, Sea, a NY Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing book (a quarter million copies sold). Her environmental folktale The People Who Hugged the Trees is read and performed around the world, and included in language arts/reading collections and programs in the US, Canada, UK and South Africa. Deborah was Director of Communications for the ALA/AASL honored, NSF/Oracle-funded STEM education website Howtosmile.org, senior science writer for UC Berkeley's renowned Lawrence Hall of Science, and a National Science Writing Fellow of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. She graduated from Cornell University and lives in the Washington, DC area. Visit her at www.deborahleerose.com.