– Wear It With A Smile –
Publishers Overview:
“From head to toe, and in between, scientists get dressed for the work they do and the places they do it!”
In Scientists Get Dressed, stunning and engaging “you are there” photos and fun-fact filled text let readers discover how scientists suit up, gown up, gear up, even dress up in costume to do their jobs. Young readers (and listeners) meet real scientists facing the challenges of making new discoveries, saving lives and saving our planet—whether they’re floating weightless in space or swimming with endangered whale sharks, digging out snow samples from a frozen glacier or gathering hot lava from a burning volcano, rescuing a wild Bald Eagle or operating on a human brain.
Kids of all ages love to role play by dressing up. Through the unique lens of what scientists wear—including many photos never before published—Scientists Get Dressed inspires kids to explore STEM in new ways, and to imagine themselves getting dressed for exciting and important work.
- Title: Scientists Get Dressed Up
- Author: Deborah Lee Rose
- Publisher: Persnickety Press (August 2019)
- Genre: Picture Books / Middle Grade / Nonfiction
- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Ages: 5 – 13
My Thoughts:
After reviewing Beauty and the Beak, I was ecstatic to see another book available by Deborah Lee Rose. To be honest, however, I wondered if my standards might be set too high. Could another book compare to Beauty and the Beak?
It turned out that there was no need for concern. Scientists Get Dressed did not disappoint me in any way. Again, as I turned the pages I was in awe. Each category of scientist and clothing is amazing. Why? Because in a few sentences, not a page or pages, what a researcher does and wears is described, complete with colorful pictures. We read about more familiar scientists, but also those not so familiar: those who gather lava, work in muddy streams, with sharks, human brains, etc. Rose also includes unexpected pictures of a scientist, Rebecca Tripp, who uses a climbing harness to reach the highest parts of the forest in order to study animals. What is unexpected is that when she descends from the forest canopy with collected samples, she positions herself into a wheelchair.
Upon reaching the back of the book, there are review questions, activities, examples of projects young people might get involved in, and each scientist shown in the book has their scientific title listed.
I received a review copy for free, and I am leaving this honest review completely voluntarily. Thank you #PersnicketyPress #DeborahLeeRose and #BookSirens.
What Concerned Me:
This will be short and sweet: nothing concerned me.
What I Liked Most:
The text is tight and the pictures so bright and eye-catching. Even the page layouts are interesting. It feels impossible to ever get bored reading this information. I believe it is learning at its best.
My hat’s off to Deborah Lee Rose and Persnickety Press for another wonderful STEM book. I can’t recommend it enough.
About The Author
Every STEM book that author Deborah Lee Rose writes is a journey of discovery, for her and millions of her readers around the world. For her award-winning book Beauty and the Beak, co-authored with raptor biologist Jane Veltkamp, she learned all about Bald Eagles to share the true story of Beauty, who got a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. For Scientists Get Dressed, she looked at hundreds of photos to spotlight the real work and clothing of scientists from glaciers to volcanoes, forest canopy to open ocean, bat caves to space and more. See our first catalog spread for a full author profile. www.deborahleerose.com
