Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

by Jess Keating

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735265089
• ISBN13: 9780735265080
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3