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