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Sea Clocks John Harrison, an Englishman with no scientific training, worked for nearly 40 years to design a clock that could keep accurate time while at sea. Ultimately, he changed the course of seafaring and science forever. Full color. Full description
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Louise Borden graduated from Denison University with a degree in history. She taught first graders and preschoolers and later was a part-owner of a bookstore in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to writing children's books, she also speaks regularly to young students about the writing process. Her books include Good Luck, Mrs. K!, which won the Christopher Medal, and The A+ Custodian. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and you can visit her at LouiseBorden.com. Erik Blegvad was born in Denmark and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen. Mr. Blegvad has illustrated more than one hundred children's books, including Twelve Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Riddle Road by Elizabeth Spires, Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear! by N. M. Bodecker, and Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude by Louise Borden. The Blegvads divide their time between England, France, and Wardsboro, Vermont.
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"Louise Borden has explained the problem of longitude- and its surprising solution- in children's terms. Thanks to this fine book, John Harrison and his miraculous timekeepers will now inspire the dreams of young readers. Erik Blegvad's sensitive, warm-hearted illustrations evoke all the creativity of Harrison's workshop and the perils of life aboard ship in the eighteenth century. The Board of Longitude never looked so good!"
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- PublisherMargaret K. McElderry Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0689842163
- ISBN 13 9780689842160
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages48
- IllustratorBlegvad Erik
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