Who Is a Scientist?

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Scientists work hard in the lab and in the field to make important discoveries. But who are they really?

It turns out they are just like us! Scientists can be any race. And any gender. They can wear lab coats, jeans, or even tutus. And they are people who love to fly drones, make art, and even eat French fries!

Meet fourteen phenomenal scientists who might just change the way you think about who a scientist is. They share their scientific work in fields like entomology, meteorology, paleontology, and engineering as well as other interesting facts about themselves and their hobbies. An “if you like this, you’ll like that” flowchart in the back of the book helps students identify science careers they might be interested in. Scan a QR code at the end of the book for a video of the scientists introducing themselves!

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Books: Celebrating Differences , Diversity, STEM, STEM: Earth Science, STEM: Engineering, STEM: Interdisciplinary, STEM: Life Science/Animals, STEM: Life Science/Health and Human Body, STEM: Life Science/Plants, STEM: Math, STEM: Space Science, STEM: Technology
Copyright 2022
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-10-05
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051000, JNF011000, JNF069000
Dewey 509.2/2
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 740
Guided Reading Level O
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, Page Plus™, Reviewed, Starred Reviews, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Author: Laura Gehl

Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of more than three dozen picture books, board books, and early readers including Who Is a Scientist?, I Got a Chicken for My Birthday, Dibs!, and Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways to Save our Planet. A former science teacher with a PhD in neuroscience, Laura lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and four children.

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Who Is a Scientist?

Scientists work hard in the lab and in the field to make important discoveries. But who are they really? It turns out they are just like us! Scientists can be any race. And any gender. They can wear lab coats, jeans, or even tutus. And they are people… View available downloads →

Awards

  • Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices, Winner, 2022

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“The photographs reflect the world’s diversity . . . Both selection of information and presentation have been thoughtfully designed to appeal to young readers. Convincing evidence that readers, too, might become scientists.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews