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Karl, get out of the garden! : Carolus Linnaeus and the naming of everything / Anita Sanchez ; illustrated by Catherine Stock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781580896061 (reinforced for library use)
  • 1580896065 (reinforced for library use)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH31.L69 S26 2017
Summary: Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals.Summary: 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)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection QH31.L69 S26 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800166787
Total holds: 0

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.

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