The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest

by Heather Lang and Jana Christy

Book Overview

2022 Green Earth Book Award Winner

This picture book biography tells the story of Meg Lowman, a groundbreaking female scientist called a "real life Lorax" by National Geographic, who was determined to investigate the marvelous, undiscovered world of the rainforest treetops.

Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head -- the colors, the branches, and, most of all, the leaves and mysterious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684371775
• ISBN13: 9781684371778
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5