Beatrix Potter, scientist by Metcalf, Lindsay H. 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)

BTSB #: 639816 Available

Dewey: 823/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 800 AD

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Subjects: Potter, Beatrix,|d1866-1943 - Childhood and youth English authors|y20th century - Biography Artists - Great Britain - Biography Women - Biography

Summary: Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms and other fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as an artist and storyteller.