![]() The end papers and titles pages are a deep bubbly blue and amazing sea creatures float across the interior pages. ![]() Stone’s digitally-rendered illustrations immerse readers in Jeanne’s beloved ocean. She was particularly fascinated with the paper nautilus and was the first to prove that this cephalopod grew rather than borrowed its shell. She invented a holding tank that was placed in the ocean and a large aquarium to bring animals into her home for observation. Fascinated by ocean creatures, Jeanne devised a way to observe live ocean animals at a time when most marine biologists were studying dead specimens. She also fiercely defended her research in the face of male skepticism some men even tried to claim her work as their own. ![]() Using the term revolutionary, Griffin describes how Jeanne Villepreux-Power’s inventions and observations helped to change the way scientists studied animal life. This young woman and her accomplishments is the subject of a new picture book biography collaboration by Evan Griffin and Janie Stone. Formerly a seamstress, she reinvents herself as a scientist, a naturalist who explores the island on foot, journal in hand. The year is 1818 and a young woman named Jeanne wanders the shores of Sicily. ![]() Written by Evan Griffith and Illustrated by Joanie Stone Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist ![]()
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