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Leaf Detective
- Author
- Heather Lang
- Narrator
- Sandy Rustin
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 12 July 2022
- Run Time
- 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues, Educational: Environmental science
What to expect
As a scientist Meg set out to climb up and investigate the rainforest tree canopies.
To be the first scientist to do so. But she encountered challenge after challenge.
Male teachers would not let her into their classrooms. The high canopy was difficult to get to. And worst of all, people were logging and clearing the forests.
Meg Lowman never gave up or gave in. She studied, invented, and persevered, not only creating a future for herself as a scientist, but making sure that the rainforests had a future as well.
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- Author
- Heather Lang
- Narrator
- Sandy Rustin
- Duration
- 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 July 2022
- ISBN
- 9781705078143
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues, Educational: Environmental science
Synopsis
Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head. The colors, the branches, and, most of all, the leaves and mysterious organisms living there.As a scientist Meg set out to climb up and investigate the rainforest tree canopies. To be the first scientist to do so. But she encountered challenge after challenge. Male teachers would not let her into their classrooms. The high canopy was difficult to get to. And worst of all, people were logging and clearing the forests.Meg Lowman never gave up or gave in. She studied, invented, and persevered, not only creating a future for herself as a scientist, but making sure that the rainforests had a future as well.
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