The girl who built an ocean An artist, an argonaut, and the true story of the world's first aquarium
Sound recording - 2025
The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare. The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as a dressmaker, sewing beautiful gowns for the Parisian aristocracy. But her heart longed for more, and when she moved to the seaside, she became fascinated by the ocean's mysteries. She filled her pockets with seashells and specimens, and filled her notebooks with oservations about coral and crustaceans and all manner of marine life. The argonaut interested her most of all, but Jeanne's observations of this shy creature were confounded by its tendency to swim away when approached. Jeanne wanted a wa...y to bring a piece of the ocean home with her, and that's she came to build the world's first aquariuman invention that would pave the way for countless scientific discoveries in the years to come ...
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
Talking books
Picture books
Children's audiobooks
Livres à effets sonores - Published
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Solon, Ohio :
Playaway Products, LLC
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Wonderbook edition
- Item Description
- Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book.
Powered by a rechargeable battery; USB charger required for recharging.
Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story. Learning mode asks questions related to the story.
Print book published: New York : Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2022.
Audiobook originally released by Penguin Random House. - Physical Description
- 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
- Audience
- Pre-K to 3.
AD820L - ISBN
- 9798822685512