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Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret
From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office.
Book Details
- Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
- Publish Date: Jun 30th, 2020
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.10in - 9.30in - 0.50in - 1.15lb
- EAN: 9780735265080
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology• Girls & Women• Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Geography
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About the Author
KATIE HICKEY is a freelance illustrator living in Cornwall, England. Having grown up in Cornwall, and also in the middle-east, Katie takes inspiration from her travels and surroundings to create characterful and atmospheric images. She has illustrated two other picture books: The Lumber Jills and Once Upon a Magic Book.
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What people are saying
Hello! Tundra Book Group consists of @tundrabooks, Puffin Canada, and @penguinteenca. We share news about Tundra and Puffin Canada titles here.
Ocean Speaks by @Jess_Keating and @katiehickey195 and The Bug Girl by Sophia Spencer, Margaret McNamara, and KERASCOET are some of our titles featured in @amightygirl's Summer Reading list: https://bit.ly/34TJs4N https://t.co/4mtQ5nGFr9
Library Technician, fostering a love of reading and learning in students. Opinions reflect my views, not that of my employer. 🔍📚💡💗
During this week's Virtual Story Time @StPatrickB, we're exploring the mysteries of the ocean floor with a map making hero! Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed The Ocean's Biggest Secret, is written by @Jess_Keating with pictures by @katiehickey195. 🌊🐋♀️🔍🗺️😊💗 . https://t.co/yrKB6RAVBt
executive editor of ya, middle grade, & picture books (@knopfbfyr), appreciator of scientific oddities, & aspiring drummer // she/they 🌹
Holy Moly, @Jess_Keating! I was updating web copy today and look at all the wonderful books we've done together (minus the lovely OCEAN SPEAKS which is Tundra). https://t.co/CwlX7YfoZO
Praise for this book
One of CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens Fall 2020
One of Canadian Children's Book News' Best Books of 2020
Listed on A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year
One of the Ontario Library Association's 2020 Best Bets selection, Junior Non-Fiction category
PRAISE FOR Ocean Speaks:
"A splendid homage to one of the science world's great thinkers." --STARRED REVIEW, Shelf-Awareness
"Imaginative and attractive . . . the text clearly shows the intelligence, hard work, and quiet determination that led to [Tharp's] success." --Booklist
An intriguing tale of feminism, scientific exploration, imagination, focus, and resilience." --Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderful introductory biography of a woman changing the world from behind the scenes." --School Library Journal
"The text espouses curiosity and determination . . . These are pictures that reward the observant eye, a fitting choice for a book that honours the complexity and beauty of oceanographic cartography." --Quill & Quire
"Tharp's interesting story is effectively simplified for a young audience." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This exuberant new picture book . . . is a tribute to an influential yet little-known scientist and the power of perseverance!" --A Mighty Girl
"Young brains, meet a mapmaking hero." --Bloomberg MapLab
What people are saying
Hello! Tundra Book Group consists of @tundrabooks, Puffin Canada, and @penguinteenca. We share news about Tundra and Puffin Canada titles here.
Ocean Speaks by @Jess_Keating and @katiehickey195 and The Bug Girl by Sophia Spencer, Margaret McNamara, and KERASCOET are some of our titles featured in @amightygirl's Summer Reading list: https://bit.ly/34TJs4N https://t.co/4mtQ5nGFr9
Library Technician, fostering a love of reading and learning in students. Opinions reflect my views, not that of my employer. 🔍📚💡💗
During this week's Virtual Story Time @StPatrickB, we're exploring the mysteries of the ocean floor with a map making hero! Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed The Ocean's Biggest Secret, is written by @Jess_Keating with pictures by @katiehickey195. 🌊🐋♀️🔍🗺️😊💗 . https://t.co/yrKB6RAVBt
