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Title Marie Curie and the power of persistence / words by Karla Valenti ; pictures by Annalisa Beghelli; with Micaela Crespo Quesada, PhD.
Author Valenti, Karla, author.
Publication Info. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, [2020]
©2020.
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J B CURIE    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B CURIE    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J B CURIE    Check Shelves
 Washington Park  J B CURIE    Check Shelves
 Windermere  J B CURIE    AVAILABLE/SHELVING
 Winter Garden  J B CURIE    Check Shelves
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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still image sti rdacontent
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Series My super science heroes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "What if superheroes didn't have supernatural powers, but were humans with incredible drive, who worked really hard to expand their knowledge? What if our superheroes were scientists? This first book in the My Super Science Heroes series is about Marie Curie and her many glowing achievements. Using a fictionalized storytelling approach, readers will learn about Marie Curie's many accomplishments, the power of persistence, and will feel empowered to become science superheroes themselves"--
Audience Ages 4-8.
Subject Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Juvenile literature.
Radioactivity -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women Nobel Prize winners -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Nobel Prize winners -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Radioactivity.
Women chemists.
Women physicists.
Chemists.
Physicists.
Women Nobel Prize winners.
Nobel Prize winner.
Persistence.
Genre Biographies.
Added Author Beghelli, Annalisa, illustrator.
Quesada, Micaela Crespo, contributor.
ISBN 9781728213569 hardcover : $17.99
1728213568 hardcover