Karl, get out of the garden! : Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything / Anita Sanchez ; illustrated by Catherine Stock.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781580896061
- ISBN: 1580896065
- Physical Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
- Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Naturalists > Sweden > Biography. Natural history > Classification. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Covington Branch | J B L758s (Text) | 33126022386894 | JBiography | Available | - |
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- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2017 March
Gr 3â5âBorn in 1707, Karl Linné was an inquisitive child who enjoyed the outdoors, loved plants, and wanted to know the names for everything. He discovered that scientists, farmers, and doctors tended to disagree with one another about the naming of flora and faunaâthe same plant might have several different titles. Linné wanted to bring order to this chaos, so he set out to create a convention from which to designate plants and animals. Linné classified and named more than 12,000 species of plants and animals, and his Latin classification system was accepted and used by scientists across the globe. What had seemed an insurmountable task was completed by Linné, portrayed here as a figure with a boundless imagination and fascination for nature. In 1757, he was knighted by the king of Sweden and thus gave himself a new name, Carolus Linnaeus. Stock's impressionistic pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are subdued, with spots of bright color, and adeptly match the content and the tone of the work.
Copyright 2017 School Library Journal.VERDICT The biographical approach to a knotty scientific subject makes this a valuable addition to STEM and biography collections.âPatricia Ann Owens, formerly at Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, Mount Carmel