by Jess Keating
Sourcebooks Jabborwocky, 2017, Youth Nonfiction, unpaginated
This is a appealing picture book biography of an impressive female scientist. Eugenie Clark was fascinated with sharks from the time she was a small child. When she got older she earned a bachelor's, master's and PhD in Zoology in a time when there were not many women in the sciences. She studied sharks in the Mediterranean Sea, wrote many articles and two books about her adventures, and worked as a professor. The book is written in simple prose that is accessible to even early grade students. The illustrations are clean watercolor cartoons done in light-filled summer colors. The author includes a time-line and extra facts about sharks and oceanography as end notes. This is a great STEM choice for both younger and older grade school age children. It is available in print, as an ebook, e-audiobook and as a read-along through Overdrive.
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