01131    a2200193   4500001000700000020001500007040003200022100002300054245005500077260001600132300003400148362000900182520065600191650002100847650002600868650001600894650001200910650001500922125190  a0590487094  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aRanson, Candice F.10aListening to crickets: a story about Rachel Carson  aMinneapolis  a64 p.c4 x 0.17 x 8.36 inches0 a1993  aFrom the time she was a very young girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she spent hours exploring meadows and woods, dreaming of seeing the ocean. As Rachel grew older, she combined her gift for writing with her love of nature, producing award-winning books about the sea. But her best-known achievement was the publication of Silent Spring, an account of the dangerous effects of pesticides on plants and animals. With Silent Spring, Rachel helped create a movement to ban these harmful chemicals. Her findings helped to assure that future generations would be able to dream about the ocean and listen to crickets. 4aWomen Scientists 4aChildren's Literature 4aNon-Fiction 4aWriters 4aBiography