![]() I know you’ve written Middle Grade novels in the past, so what is it that draws you to writing picture books? Me: You have been on a roll with two picture books out this summer alone (“What Makes a Monster?” comes out in August). This is a book that takes time to dwell on some of her amazing discoveries and how they changed the way we think about sharks. ![]() It follows Eugenie as a young girl discovering her lifelong passion through her early struggles to be taken seriously as a woman in her field (a rarity in the 40s and 50s). ![]() Her book “Shark Lady: the True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist” is her first non-fiction picture book biography (though NOT her first book). You can learn more about her at her website. She is passionate about connecting with kids, teaching them interesting things, and has even developed a free magazine called “The Curious Creative” for kids just like her. Jess Keating is fiction AND non-fiction writer who is also a zoologist with a love of animals and “goofy animal facts” (as she likes to say). ![]() And you know how much I do love anything in relation to the ocean and the study of the creatures within it! It’s a non-fiction picture book about one of the Ocean’s most fearless scientists. I finally get to share a book with you that I’ve been just waiting with suppressed glee to discuss: “Shark Lady” by Jess Keating. ![]()
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