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Author Staaf, Danna, author.

Title The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology / Danna Staaf.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2022]
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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  TEEN 578.77STAAF    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB VILLEPREUX-POWER    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - YA  YA BIO VILLEPREUX-POWER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  578.7709 STAAF    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 578.77 STA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult  YA 92 VILLEPREUX-POWER, JEA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Young Adult  YA B VILLEPREUX-POWER    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  Tween B VILLEPREUX-POWER    Check Shelf
Description 136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-133) and index.
Summary "Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 10-18 Carolrhoda Books ®.
Grades 7-9 Carolrhoda Books ®.
Contents The mystery of the Argonauts -- The seamstress -- The explorer -- The inventor -- The detective -- The reporter -- The luminary -- Marine biology today and tomorrow.
Subject Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871 -- Juvenile literature.
Women marine biologists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women naturalists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women marine biologists -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Marine biologists -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Aquariums -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Marine biology -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women tailors -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Octopuses -- Juvenile literature.
Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871.
Women marine biologists -- Biography.
Marine biologists.
Women naturalists -- Biography.
Naturalists -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Women marine biologists. (OCoLC)fst01178123
Women naturalists. (OCoLC)fst01178193
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Online version: Staaf, Danna, 1983- Lady and the octopus Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books ®, 2022 9781728460833 (DLC) 2021051155
ISBN 9781728415772 (library binding)
1728415772 (library binding)
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