Reposted by Danna Staaf
This biography is for children, yes, but I wrote the book that I, an adult, wanted to read, so it's really for everyone: lernerbooks.com/shop/show/21...
Jeanne's birthday is a great day to celebrate going for very long walks, defying expectations, building wacky contraptions, and OCTOPUSES!
lernerbooks.com
The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
Born in a small village in eighteenth-century France, Jeanne Villepreux wasn’t expected to transform marine science. Curious, creative, and clever, Jeanne ventured to Paris by foot as a teenager.
![Photo of a notebook page showing a list titled "found" and three numbered items.
1 [in my handwriting] - "beetle grub (lots, but one easy to see under background brick with X)"
2 [in child's writing] - "2 spider egg sacks (small)"
"tinyest slug in the wole world" (followed in my writing again by a very small illustration labeled "actual size" and the notes "under stone under porch steps closest to passionfruit, towards house wall")
3 [in my writing] "phoebe nest under eaves front of house. eggs/hatchlings not yet confirmed"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lcj7abm3eusn24xrvjvdq7c5/bafkreihucpj6ssczlxbpu46imdvul3rravuylnxxip6pb6q3s3q6g4cire)
