Beatrix Potter, Scientist

Title: Beatrix Potter, Scientist

Author: Lindsay H. Metcalf

Illustrator: Junyi Wu

Picture Book

What comes to your mind when you hear the name, Beatrix Potter? Lovely water-colored images of little animals? Mischievous Peter Rabbit? Squirrel Nutkin? While Beatrix Potter is best known for her beloved children’s classics about small animals, Ms. Potter was an accomplished botanist in her time with one problem. Her problem: no one would accept her work because it came from a seemingly uneducated woman. Read this book to follow Beatrix on her journey in the scientific community.