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Shark Lady
Shark Lady: The Daring Tale of How Eugenie Clark Dove Into History | Jess Keating
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A beautifully illustrated biography of Eugenie Clark, a scientist as impressive as the sharks she studied At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, including trying to break into the scientific field as a woman, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie's wide scientific contributions led to the well-earned nickname "Shark Lady," as she become a fixture in the world of ocean conservation and shark research.
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mfarragher

"I wanted to be part of the ocean's mystery and learn more about the creatures who live in it."

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mfarragher

Perfect for discussing women in science, marine biology, and overcoming obstacles. Students can learn about sharks, their role in the ecosystem, and the importance of protecting marine life. You can also encourage students to explore careers in science.

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mfarragher
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This biography tells the inspiring true story of Eugenie Clark, a pioneering marine biologist who devoted her life to studying sharks. The book highlights her groundbreaking research and passion for the ocean, breaking gender barriers in science.

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lilliangermaine

“She wasn't afraid of the ocean. She was fascinated by it.“

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lilliangermaine

Through vibrant illustrations and a narrative that celebrates curiosity, determination, and scientific discovery, this book encourages young readers, especially girls, to pursue their passions, regardless of obstacles.

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lilliangermaine
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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating is a picture book biography of Eugenie Clark, a pioneering marine biologist known for her groundbreaking research on sharks. The book tells the inspiring story of Clark's childhood passion for the ocean and her determination to study marine life, particularly sharks, despite the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated field.

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Sharpeipup
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Love stories of people who achieve their dreams. 🎓🦈

#childrensbook #truestory

TheKidUpstairs I love this one! 1y
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Eggs
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A beautifully illustrated picture book about scientist Eugenie Clark who loved sharks but felt that they were undervalued BC most humans fear them. But she swam with them and cuddled with them in the ocean. Sharks were her passion 🦈

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick
#20in4Readathon Day 1 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2y
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Hannahhh7
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Shark Lady is a biography about a girl named Eugenie Clark. She has loved sharks since she first saw them in an aquarium and has wanted to swim with them and study them. Many people disagreed with Eugenie and thought sharks were scary or ugly. They also thought women should not be scientists. She grows up to prove them wrong and goes on dives and research sharks. This book was written by Jess Keating and illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns.

Hannahhh7 It was published in 2017 and is a part of The Amelia Bloomer Book List. I love this book's illustrations and think it is a great read! 2y
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jdowney

Her dream was as big as a whale shark.

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jdowney

I like that this touches on how people discouraged her from studying what she wanted to, but she persevered anyway.

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jdowney
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This story is about Eugenia Clark. She started off loving the ocean and especially sharks. She wished that others could see sharks the way that she did. People tried to bring her down and change her mindset. She did not let them and perused her passions about sharks.

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Jburns13

This book is about a women named Eugenie who has to deal with having to discover new things as well as diving, trying to defy odds and inspire others. Eugenie Clark is really fascinated with sharks and their daily lives she first fell in love with them at the aquarium.

Jburns13 Published: June 6, 2017

Author: Jess Keating

Illustrator: Marta Alvarez Miguens

Genre: Biography

Awards: won the chickadee award in 2019

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Jordan1201
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Shark Lady by Jess Keating and illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns. This book, published on June 6th, 2017, is a biography story. This book won the Chickadee Award in 2019. This story is about Eugenie who fell in love with a shark when she first saw one in an aquarium. Eugenie quickly discovered that many people believed sharks to be ugly and scary and that women should not be scientists.

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elijahwilliams
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Shark Lady follows a young woman, Eugenie, and how her love for sharks led her to her becoming one of the most fearless scientists. The author explores Eugeinies curiosity at an early age and how over time this leads her to question if she can train a shark like people train dogs.

Author: Jess Keating
Illustrator: Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Published: 2017

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mm991518
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Shark Lady is a Non fiction picture book that was published in 2017. This book is about a scientist named Eugenie who was determined to change peoples minds about sharks and she showed how you can train sharks. I think this is a great story to read to all ages and is a good representation of women in science and i love the illustration.

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MaddieBrown3
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Illustrator (if applicable): Marta Alvarez Miguens
Date of Publication: June 6th, 2017
Genre: Biography
Brief Summary: Eugenue loved learning about the ocean. She wanted to learn more about sharks. She got a tank and read all about the ocean. She was determined to figure out more...

MaddieBrown3 She studied and worked hard to learn more about sharks. She dove and saw sharks and new kinds of fish. She was brave, smart, and courageous. She wanted to help humans understand how nice sharks are. She started wondering if a shark could be trained. She trained sharks and proved they were smart animals.
Side Note: Good vocabulary ,fish names, timeline at the end
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ehrmans
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This book tells the story of a woman who fell in love with sharks from the first moment she saw them at the aquarium. Eugenie Clark dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire. She couldn't imagine anything more exciting than studying these animals. She quickly discovers that many people believed sharks to be scary and dangerous. This story follows this scientist as she proves them wrong.

ehrmans Author: Jess Keating. Illustrator: Marta Alverez Miguens. Publication date: 2017. Genre: biography. Awards: Chickadee Award.
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gclift
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The Daring Tale of How Eugenie Clark Dove Into History written by Jess Keating. This book was published in 2017. It is a wonderful book about a young girls passion of sharks, and how she becomes a scientist to continue her passions of exploring sharks. This book has won the Chickadee Award. Great book for any classroom!

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kallikramer
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Published in 2017, Shark Lady is about a young girl who has a fascination with sharks. As she grows up, she becomes more and more interested in sharks. She begins exploring and learning more about sharks and becomes known as the “shark lady“. This won the 2018 best stem book and is a biography of Eugenie Clark.

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channingfortney
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This book is about a young girl who has always been fascinated about sharks. She made it her mission to learn everything she could about sharks and took all the classes she could. Her job became working with sharks and she made it her mission to tell inform the world about how sharks aren‘t mean and they shouldn‘t be hunted by humans. This would be a great read for kids ages K-5

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Hcecrle

This is a nonfiction story about a young girl named Eugenie who became the ocean's most fearless scientist. As a young girl, she loved sharks and has always wanted to swim with them and learn all about the ocean. As a child, she is gifted an aquarium for her room because she is fascinated by marine life. She became the first scientist in the world to train sharks. I would recommend this novel to any age band!

Hcecrle Published in 2017
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loganhiller

This children's book is about marine biologist Eugenie Clark and her adventure to become the most fearless woman in the ocean. This is a great book with an underlying message about finding truths that others cannot or will not see, as Eugenie wants to save the sharks and spread awareness.

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clairebourq_2023

This story is about a woman named Eugeine Clark who adored sharks. She began studying sharks but she realized quickly that people think sharks are mindless killers. Eugeine was determined to prove everyone wrong. She was the first scientist in the world to train sharks and became known as the “Shark Lady“. Through her practice, she was able to teach people that sharks were much more than mindless killers.

clairebourq_2023 Published: June 6, 2017
Awards: The Amelia Bloomer Book List
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allycrothers
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Published- 2017
Author- Jess Keating
Illustrator- Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Genre - biography
Eugenie is a girl who loves learning about sharks and studying zoology. Many people doubted her because she was a woman, but she did not let them defer her from her dreams. She made great discoveries in her field. I love this book. Its a great way to open up a conversation about marine biology or to always follow your dreams. Great pick!

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laurenebailey14
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This story tells us about a girl named Eugenie who loves sharks. Her mother buys her a fish tank that she is able to keep in her room. She did a lot of research on sharks and wanted to become a zoologist. She worked and worked on her knowledge about the sea and graduated with a degree. Eugenie was determined to get people to understand that sharks are not harmful.

laurenebailey14 - Chickadee award in 2019
- Amelia Bloomer book list 2018
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sarahyurco
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Published: 2017
This is a biography book about a young girl who loved sharks and dreamed about seeing them in real life and becoming a scientist. She sets out to show people that sharks are smart and not as dangerous as people may think by being the first person to train a shark.
Awards: 2018 Best STEM Book by the Children's Book Council, Best STEM Book by the National Science Teachers Association, Amelia Bloomer Book List

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GatheringBooks
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#FebruaryFeels Day 23: Here‘s another fierce female known as the “Shark Lady” who went on to pursue her #passion, and proved a lot of people wrong with her scientific discoveries. As a child, Eugenie became enamoured with sharks. Evidently, she is no ordinary girl. Eventually, she took it upon herself to commit to knowing more about them by “deep diving” into books and actual studies about sharks. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jGZ

Eggs Beautiful art👏🏻🤗❤️ 5y
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em_lemo
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This book was great. This is a biography that tells the story of how Eugenie Clark became “the oceans most fearless scientist. It was published in 2017.
Throughout the book, one is shown the many different types of discoveries and experiences that Eugenie had, but some of the main focus is on sharks. I liked that this book can take something that can be scary to people, like the ocean, and show the amazing things about it such as the animals.

em_lemo My favorite quote throughout this book is,
“Eugenie pretended she was walking on the bottom of the sea. What would it be like to swim with her sharks? To breath under water with gills of her own. More than anything, she wanted to find out.“
I liked this quote because it shows the readers that Eugenie had a passion for this type of work from a young age, but also that she put her mind to it and would succeed.
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LibrarianJen
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During the summer the City teams up with the school district to provide free lunches in the parks every day for kids. They also have a story time with it and each family gets a hard copy of the book!

Today we read Shark Lady about a woman scientist who persisted to prove to others that sharks aren‘t scary and ugly, but are beautiful and wonderful creatures. #Zeek and Charlotte both loved the story and enjoyed their lunch. 💖
#raisingreaders

ravenlee Wow, what a great program! 5y
charl08 Lovely idea! 5y
Peddler410 Cool! Does your area have access to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library? I looked into it for my daughter but we didn‘t qualify. 5y
LibrarianJen @Peddler410 No we don‘t. Our City/County Library is really good though and has amazing outreach programs. The schools also get a lot of funding too for literacy. 5y
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cwarnier
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Great way to spend time in the car. Reading new children's books.

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mrp27
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#readingresolutions #fear

My greatest summer fear, sharks! My local indie store had a great shark display and this was an interesting book about Eugenie Clark who studied sharks and dispelled many shark myths.

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CourtStafford
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Home in Louisiana for a visit and my nephews are sleeping over. This is the book my oldest one picked for his bedtime story.

Proud aunt moment. 😍🦈

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🦈I love Shark Week. I have always been fascinated by great whites and one of my life goals is to cage dive with them by the Isle of Guadalupe.
So I'd be remiss if I didn't send out my PSA that tonight launches the beginning of Shark Week on Discovery! 🦈

#SharkWeek #Discovery #OceanResearch #Preservation #Protection

Graciouswarriorprincess I don't have cable so I miss this and am so bummed. 😰 7y
Jess_Read_This @Graciouswarriorprincess Oh! That is a bummer! I wonder if some of the shows can be streamed online? 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Jess_Read_This I don't know but will check. Enjoy! 7y
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Debiw781 I love this pic 😂😂😂 7y
Reecaspieces So excited...it's about the only time I watch tv. 7y
Jess_Read_This @Reecaspieces Same here!! I don't have many shows...during Shark Week the DVR is working overtime! 7y
Jess_Read_This @Debiw781 Haha! Me too! It's on a birthday card I send to the Shark Week fans in my life too. 7y
Jess_Read_This @elkeo No, I haven't heard of that book before! I just added it to my TBR! I love the premise and thank you for recommending it to me! 7y
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LibrarianRyan
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I love when someone can bring a character to life. It‘s even better when they can take a real person and make their story interesting and entertaining for children. In this case Eugenie loved sharks. By studying them, she could show the world that they are not vicious animals, but wildly diverse fish. my favorite thing has to be the timeline at the back of the book. Very well done, and perfect for shark week and shark enthusiastic kids.

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WanderingBookaneer
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Must read if you:
🦈 Love sharks
🦈 Are interested in marine biology
🦈 Enjoy picture book biographies
🦈 Enjoy picture books
🦈 Want to promote pioneering females
🦈 Want to integrate STEM / STEAM into your classroom
🦈 Want to encourage a curious child

OffTheBeatenShelf.com @Liberty don't you love sharks? Have you read this one? 8y
Liberty @OffTheBeatenShelf.com 🦈❤🤘🏻 8y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks This looks awesome! I wanted to be a marine biologist as a kid before realizing that I am actually kind of terrified of the ocean (I grew up in a land-locked state). LOL. I haven't lost my love for or fascination with sea life, though. I just turned my attention skyward and become an aeronautical engineer instead. Yay science!! I ❤🦈&🚀 (edited) 8y
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WanderingBookaneer @AccioAlltheBooks : I went through a marine bio phase and a primatologist phase. Thankfully I realized in time that science is a hobby for me. I am not a scientist. I am an English teacher. I still read voraciously about both disciplines. 8y
Clare-Dragonfly @shanaqui This sounds like it might interest you... though it's a bit off your beaten path of long, dense nonfiction! 8y
MaleficentBookDragon ❤️💜💙💚 8y
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So excited to read this #NetGalley #ARC about this pioneering female marine biologist and everything she did for this maligned species. ❤️