Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, Francesca Sanna (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2020-10-06Pages:56
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781368032841ISBN-10:1368032842UPC:9781368032841Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Biography & Autobiography, ConceptsBook Topic:Chemistry, Science & Technology, ColorsSize:11.20 x 8.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCE5WF3Y2E
The fascinating true story of groundbreaking chemist William Perkin, who used the scientific method to invent a new way for creating the color purple.
Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few. Making purple was tricky. The dye was concocted from a certain snail, and later, from plants, bugs, and rocks. Then it had to be soaked in minerals and . . . urine The process...
Many years ago, the color purple was available only to a privileged few. Making purple was tricky. The dye was concocted from a certain snail, and later, from plants, bugs, and rocks. Then it had to be soaked in minerals and . . . urine The process...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781368032841ISBN-10:1368032842UPC:9781368032841Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Biography & Autobiography, ConceptsBook Topic:Chemistry, Science & Technology, ColorsSize:11.20 x 8.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCE5WF3Y2E
Tami Lewis Brown is a former lawyer and elementary school librarian. She holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has written a novel for children and several picture books, including Instructions Not Included, co-written with Debbie Loren Dunn. Tami is always on the lookout for a new story to tell -- the more weird or wonderful the better. She...
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Contributor(s)
Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, Francesca Sanna (Illustrator)
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