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Sanchez, Anita, 1956-

Karl, get out of the garden! : Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything / Anita Sanchez ; illustrated by Catherine Stock. - 47 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).

Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals. Born on May 23, 1707, Karl Linne (also known as Carolus Linnaeus) revolutionized the naming of plants by establishing the binomial classification system. This picture book introduces readers to that system and highlights the struggles he faced in his work, from troubles at school to isolated field studies in Lapland. (Miller Library Staff)

Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.

ISBN: 9781580896061 (reinforced for library use) 1580896065 (reinforced for library use)

LCCN: 2015017344

Subjects--Personal Names:
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 --Juvenile literature.
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Naturalists--Sweden--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Natural history--Classification--Juvenile literature.
Naturalists.
Natural history--Classification.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: QH31.L69 / S26 2017