{"product_id":"9781481465663","title":"Finding Wonders PB","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis “evocative and beautiful” (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) novel “vividly imagines the lives of three girls” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMore than a century later, Mary Anning helped her father collect stone sea creatures from the cliffs in southwest England. To him they were merely a source of income, but to Mary they held a stronger fascination. Intrepid and patient, she eventually discovered fossils that would change people’s vision of the past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcross the ocean, Maria Mitchell helped her mapmaker father in the whaling village of Nantucket. At night they explored the starry sky through his telescope. Maria longed to discover a new comet—and after years of studying the night sky, she finally did.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates the joy of discovery and finding wonder in the world around us.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356155236524,"sku":"9781481465663","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/12536783482715.jpg?v=1781633577","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9781481465663","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}