Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2025
- Category
- Women, Zoology, Marine Life
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 10
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 5
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781623545819
- Publish Date
- Apr 2025
- List Price
- $22.99
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Description
Meet scientist Maude Delap in this riveting STEM biography that details her biggest experiment—her observations of and research about jellyfish.
Maude scoops a jellyfish out of the water and embarks on more than a year of observation of the animal, accomplishing something countless other scientists were unable to do: trace the life cycle of a jellyfish and understand the creature’s metamorphosis from larva to adult.
Maude’s story must be told. Her painstaking observations of a compass jellyfish in 1899-1900 laid the foundation for research still ongoing today.
About the authors
Michelle Cusolito's profile page
Ellen Rooney is an award-winning designer, artist and children’s book illustrator. Her textural mixed media artwork combines many traditional art techniques, like pencil drawing, painting, printmaking and collage, often combined with digital techniques. She is the winner of the 2021 Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for Grandmother School. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives in the southern Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.
