Fearless World Traveler by Laurie Lawlor

Stadtlanders mixed-media paintings strike a similar balance between travels and nature study, and her double-page spread of a Kew gallery affords her young audience a glimpse at how museumgoers experience Norths work in her own time and today. Kirkus Reviews Lawlor follows not only Norths adventuring but also her innovative approach to nature painting, which celebrated the riotous colors of her specimens and captured them in their natural context, with attention to atmosphere and well as solid surroundings. Plenty of backmatter makes this book an excellent starting point both for further research and to teach children how much work goes into creating a nonfiction book. She includes almost every shade of green imaginable in her illustrations, which are lush and rich with life both extant and extinct.

Stadtlanders vibrant watercolor and ink illustrations capture details-gimlet-eyed crocodiles, patterned carpet bags, a crab scuttling over a paint-smeared palette, marauding crows stealing glittering tubes of paint-that conjure the rich peculiarities of Norths intrepid and privileged life.-Publishers Weekly Fascinating and detailed.-The Horn Book Stadtlanders artwork is intricate and full of detail. School Library Journal, Starred Review Lawlors biography captures both Mariannes spirit and the restrictive norms of the time, which couldnt hold back this daring naturalist.-Booklist captivating. This is an impeccably attuned biography of a woman who broke the rules to the benefit of all. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students Review Quotes Illustrated in rich colors.-The Wall Street Journal The illustrations are beautifully done, with attention and care carrying the spirit of Norths paintings throughout. Becca Stadtlanders award-winning lush, verdant artwork pairs wonderfully with the natural themes. The North gallery at Kew Gardens remains open to the public today. Laurie Lawlor deftly chronicles Norths life, from her restrictive childhood to her wild world travels to the opening of the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens to her death in 1890. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters.

Her technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking.

As a self-taught artist and scientist, Marianne North subverted Victorian gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like theyd never seen before. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. About the Book The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North, a self-taught artist and scientist who subverted Victorian gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration- Book Synopsis Scientist.

Fearless World Traveler by Laurie Lawlor