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This book is amazing! Picture books are a great opportunity for talking about injustice, but few of them bring up the topic of murder. This is really a middle grade book. The illustrations are amazing. But I love seeing the kids faces when I tell them that when I wake a little girl, I was not allowed to wear pants at school, and I'm not even that old! I also describe myself as having brown hair, so...

“She wondered about the world below the waves—its colors, its creatures, and the secrets it held.”

Dive into the remarkable life of Jeanne Power, a pioneering marine scientist who changed our understanding of the ocean. Secrets of the Sea by Evan Griffith and Joanie Stone is a captivating picture book biography that reveals how one woman‘s curiosity and courage unlocked the wonders of marine life.