Bücher von Deborah Hopkinson

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people''s understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.

This is a comprehensive and accessible picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, from an acclaimed author and illustrator duo.Before Marie Curie was the first woman in France to earn the highest degree in physics,before she discovered two new radioactive elements,and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and then the first person to win two!)?she was a little girl named Marie Sklodowska who dreamed of being a scientist?and was determined to make that dream come true.This is an accessible and compelling homage to Marie Curie, whose life and legacy continue to inspire to this very day.

The author discusses each of her books, providing the back story, the impetus for the book, and the research activities that brought each of the stories to young readers. The particular emphasis of this book is the writing of books for young readers within a historical context and how to use primary source documents in that effort.