01206 a2200229 4500 125190 0590487094 Escola Canadense de Niteroi L1 - RAN Ranson, Candice F. Listening to crickets: a story about Rachel Carson Minneapolis 64 p. 4 x 0.17 x 8.36 inches 1993 From 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. Women Scientists Children's Literature Non-Fiction Writers Biography BK 0 0 0 0 80.1 80.1 2024-02-09 0 L1 - RAN A00944 2024-02-09 21:21:48 2024-02-09 BK 125190 125190