Bøger af Evan Griffith

"In the 1900s, Mardy and Olaus Murie set out on an Arctic adventure, studying the land and animals. They learned from Indigenous communities the interconnectedness of life and understood that humans were threatening nature. So they fought to protect the Arctic-lobbying for what became the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"--

"Holly Foster knows better than to get attached to people and places. Yet, when she is sent to her uncle's house in Arden, Vermont, she finds herself drawn into a fight to protect a grove of trees from being torn down"--

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The curiosity, drive, and perseverance of the nineteenth-century woman scientist who pioneered the use of aquariums to study ocean life are celebrated in this gorgeous, empowering picture book.