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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 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781580896061
  • 1580896065
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography Linne, C. S211 Available 33111008602118
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Linne, C. S211 Available 33111008750172
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Do you know what a Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incises, racemis simplicibus is?*

Carolus (Karl) Linnaeus started off as a curious child who loved exploring the garden. Despite his intelligence-and his mother's scoldings-he was a poor student, preferring to be outdoors with his beloved plants and bugs. As he grew up, Karl's love of nature led him to take on a seemingly impossible task- to give a scientific name to every living thing on earth. The result was the Linnaean system-the basis for the classification system used by biologists around the world today. Backyard sciences are brought to life in beautiful color.

Back matter includes more information about Linnaeus and scientific classification, a classification chart, a time line, source notes, resources for young readers, and a bibliography.

*it's a tomato!


A handsome introductory book on Linnaeus and his work - Booklist, starred review

A good introduction to a man in a class by himself - Kirkus Reviews

Lends significant humanity to the naturalist - Publisher's Weekly

The biographical approach to a knotty scientific subject makes this a valuable addition to STEM and biography collections - School Library Journal

Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).

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