Environmentalist Rachel Carson

by Douglas Hustad

Book Overview

Do you enjoy spotting wild animals in the forest? As a little girl, Rachel Carson loved to explore the woods near her house. As an adult, she became an ecologist who helped change national policy and inspired people to protect the environment.

While conducting research on wildlife, Carson noticed that the pesticides farmers used on crops were harming animals. Alarmed, she wrote Silent Spring, a book that led to the banning of several dangerous...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512407879
• ISBN13: 9781512407877
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6