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Ocean Speaks

How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Katie Hickey

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Katie Hickey

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Katie Hickey

By Jess Keating
Illustrated by Katie Hickey

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Hardcover $17.99

Jun 30, 2020 | ISBN 9780735265080 | 4-8 years

Ebook $10.99

Jun 30, 2020 | ISBN 9780735265097 | 4-8 years

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    About Ocean Speaks

    Meet Marie Tharp (1920-2006), the first person to map the Earth’s underwater mountain ridge, in this inspiring picture book biography from the author of Shark Lady.

    From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office.

    About Ocean Speaks

    Meet Marie Tharp (1920-2006), the first person to map the Earth’s underwater mountain ridge, in this inspiring picture book biography from the author of Shark Lady.

    From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office.

    Also by Jess Keating

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    Big as a Giant Snail
    Gross as a Snot Otter
    Pink Is For Blobfish
    Cute as an Axolotl
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    Also by Jess Keating

    The Girl Who Built an Ocean
    Big as a Giant Snail
    Gross as a Snot Otter
    Pink Is For Blobfish
    Cute as an Axolotl
    See all books by Jess Keating

    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    About Jess Keating

    JESS KEATING is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. Jess has been making up stories for as long as she can remember, and at the age… More about Jess Keating

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    Jun 30, 2020 | 32 Pages | 9 x 10 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780735265080

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    Jun 30, 2020 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780735265097

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    Praise

    One of Amazon.com’s Best of the Year Picks
    One of CCBC’s Best Books for Kids and Teens Fall 2020
    One of Canadian Children’s Book News’ Best Books of 2020
    Listed on A Mighty Girl‘s 2020 Books of the Year
    One of the Ontario Library Association’s 2020 Best Bets selection, Junior Non-Fiction category

    PRAISE FOR Ocean Speaks:

    “A splendid homage to one of the science world’s great thinkers.” –STARRED REVIEW, Shelf-Awareness

    “Imaginative and attractive . . . the text clearly shows the intelligence, hard work, and quiet determination that led to [Tharp’s] success.” —Booklist 

    An intriguing tale of feminism, scientific exploration, imagination, focus, and resilience.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “A wonderful introductory biography of a woman changing the world from behind the scenes.” —School Library Journal

    “The text espouses curiosity and determination . . . These are pictures that reward the observant eye, a fitting choice for a book that honours the complexity and beauty of oceanographic cartography.” –Quill & Quire

    “Tharp’s interesting story is effectively simplified for a young audience.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

    “This exuberant new picture book . . . is a tribute to an influential yet little-known scientist and the power of perseverance!” –A Mighty Girl

    “Young brains, meet a mapmaking hero.” –Bloomberg MapLab

    Awards

    Rocky Mountain Book Award NOMINEE 2022

    Jane Addams Children’s Book Award FINALIST 2020

    Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable – Information Book Award SHORTLIST 2021

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