Author: Jim Whiting
Series: Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Children
Unabridged: 2 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 07/27/2018
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Science & Nature - Discoveries
Several notable scientists throughout history were mocked at first for their scientific theories and work and then gradually gained respect for creating new understandings about the world.
The audiobook explains why the scientists were discounted and how they continued with their scientific research regardless of the criticisms and ridicule they endured.
Highlights presents One Chicken's Discovery by Julie Brooks Hiller. A chicken uncovers a prehistoric spearpoint.
Tells the story of how Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Written in graphic-novel format.
Tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine. Written in graphic-novel format.
A ghostly witch that slaps people. A dead president who wanders the White House. A ghost dog that causes death. Do you have goose bumps yet? Get ready for some spine-tingling excitement as you read all about these Scary Ghosts.
Highlights presents Raising Elephants by Jennifer Berry. A young male elephant leaves his matriarchal pack to "hang with the big boys."
A graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Josephine Baker left a segregated America in 1925 and became the most famous entertainer in Paris, France. She went on to be the first Black woman to star in a movie, a volunteer spy during World War II, an...
Evidence of water on one of Jupiter's moons could lead to the discovery of new life forms.
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Tells the story of Marie Curie's discovery of radium and radioactivity. Written in graphic-novel format.