The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how of the argonaut octopus gets its shell.

In an era when most research focused on dead specimens, Jeanne was determined to experiment on living animals. And to keep sea creatures alive for her studies, she had to invent a contraption to hold them--the aquarium. Her remarkable life story is told by author, marine biologist, and octopus enthusiast Danna Staaf.

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Published: 10/04/2022
Pages: 136
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.08h x 7.95w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9781728415772
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.8
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 519602 / Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biolo


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022
School Library Journal 10/01/2022 pg. 100
Publishers Weekly 10/24/2022
Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 59