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Author Alexander, Lori, author.

Title All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world / by Lori Alexander ; illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger.

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
©2019

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 LEEUWENHOEK    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J579.092 ALE    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  JB LEEUWENHOEK    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  JB LEEUWENHOEK A.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's New Materials  JB LEEUWENHOEK A    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B LEEUWENH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO LEEUWENH ANTONI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J WONDERBOOK ALE    DUE 08-24-23 Billed
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 579.092 LEEUWENHOEK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J-B LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONY    Check Shelf

Description 93 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience Ages 7-10.
Grades 4 to 6.
Summary "For fans of the "Who Was" series, this lively, accessible, and full-color chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of our oft-invisible world around us."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-91) and index.
Contents A golden age -- Big changes -- Seller of cloth -- An eye-opening trip -- Spreading the word -- Small lake, big discovery -- A most important letter -- In the name of science -- Last letters -- The father of microbiology.
Subject Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723 -- Juvenile literature.
Microbiologists -- Netherlands -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biologists -- Netherlands -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Microscopes -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Microbiology -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723.
Microbiologists -- Netherlands.
Biologists -- Netherlands.
Microscopes.
Microbiology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General.
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723. (OCoLC)fst00039851
Biologists. (OCoLC)fst00832379
Microbiologists. (OCoLC)fst01019574
Microbiology. (OCoLC)fst01019576
Microscopes. (OCoLC)fst01020051
Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Author Mildenberger, Vivien, illustrator.
Other Form: Online version: Alexander, Lori, author. All in a drop Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] 9780358036197 (DLC) 2018055849
ISBN 9781328884206 (hardcover)
1328884201 (hardcover)
9780358036197 (e-book)
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