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The Girl Who Built an Ocean

An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium

An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium

An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium

An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter

By Jess Keating
Read by Hannah Van Der Westhuysen

By Jess Keating
Read by Hannah Van Der Westhuysen

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    About The Girl Who Built an Ocean

    The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world’s first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare.

    The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as a dressmaker, sewing beautiful gowns for the Parisian aristocracy. But her heart longed for more, and when she moved to the seaside, she became fascinated by the ocean’s mysteries.
     
    She filled her pockets with seashells and specimens, and filled her notebooks with oservations about coral and crustaceans and all manner of marine life. The argonaut interested her most of all, but Jeanne’s observations of this shy creature were confounded by its tendency to swim away when approached. Jeanne wanted a way to bring a piece of the ocean home with her, and that’s she came to build the world’s first aquarium—an invention that would pave the way for countless scientific discoveries in the years to come…
     
    Jess Keating (Shark Lady) and Michelle Mee Nutter (Allergic) bring Jeanne’s story vividly to life with lively text and vibrant artwork that captures the curiosity and perseverance this pioneering woman in science brought to everything she did.

    About The Girl Who Built an Ocean

    The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world’s first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare.

    The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as a dressmaker, sewing beautiful gowns for the Parisian aristocracy. But her heart longed for more, and when she moved to the seaside, she became fascinated by the ocean’s mysteries.
     
    She filled her pockets with seashells and specimens, and filled her notebooks with oservations about coral and crustaceans and all manner of marine life. The argonaut interested her most of all, but Jeanne’s observations of this shy creature were confounded by its tendency to swim away when approached. Jeanne wanted a way to bring a piece of the ocean home with her, and that’s she came to build the world’s first aquarium—an invention that would pave the way for countless scientific discoveries in the years to come…
     
    Jess Keating (Shark Lady) and Michelle Mee Nutter (Allergic) bring Jeanne’s story vividly to life with lively text and vibrant artwork that captures the curiosity and perseverance this pioneering woman in science brought to everything she did.

    About The Girl Who Built an Ocean

    The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world’s first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare.

    The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as a dressmaker, sewing beautiful gowns for the Parisian aristocracy. But her heart longed for more, and when she moved to the seaside, she became fascinated by the ocean’s mysteries.
     
    She filled her pockets with seashells and specimens, and filled her notebooks with oservations about coral and crustaceans and all manner of marine life. The argonaut interested her most of all, but Jeanne’s observations of this shy creature were confounded by its tendency to swim away when approached. Jeanne wanted a way to bring a piece of the ocean home with her, and that’s she came to build the world’s first aquarium—an invention that would pave the way for countless scientific discoveries in the years to come…
     
    Jess Keating (Shark Lady) and Michelle Mee Nutter (Allergic) bring Jeanne’s story vividly to life with lively text and vibrant artwork that captures the curiosity and perseverance this pioneering woman in science brought to everything she did.

    About The Girl Who Built an Ocean

    The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world’s first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare.

    The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as a dressmaker, sewing beautiful gowns for the Parisian aristocracy. But her heart longed for more, and when she moved to the seaside, she became fascinated by the ocean’s mysteries.
     
    She filled her pockets with seashells and specimens, and filled her notebooks with oservations about coral and crustaceans and all manner of marine life. The argonaut interested her most of all, but Jeanne’s observations of this shy creature were confounded by its tendency to swim away when approached. Jeanne wanted a way to bring a piece of the ocean home with her, and that’s she came to build the world’s first aquarium—an invention that would pave the way for countless scientific discoveries in the years to come…
     
    Jess Keating (Shark Lady) and Michelle Mee Nutter (Allergic) bring Jeanne’s story vividly to life with lively text that captures the curiosity and perseverance this pioneering woman in science brought to everything she did.

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    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Oct 25, 2022 | 40 Pages | 11 x 8-1/2 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593305119

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $21.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Oct 25, 2022 | 40 Pages | 11 x 8-1/2 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593305126

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Oct 25, 2022 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593305133

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 24, 2024 | 14 Minutes | 4-8 years | ISBN 9798217014767

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