{"id":8766759960813,"title":"Jellyfish Scientist","handle":"jellyfish-scientist","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJellyfish Scientist\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMaude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eComing April 22, 2025. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/michelle-cusolito\"\u003eMichelle Cusolito\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/ellen-rooney\"\u003eEllen Rooney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere do jellyfish really come from?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1800s Ireland, a young woman named Maude scoops a jellyfish out of the water and embarks on more than a year of observation of the animal, accomplishing something often tried, but never before seen: trace the life cycle of a jellyfish and understand the creature’s metamorphosis from larva to adult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaude Delap's painstaking observations of a compass jellyfish in 1899-1900 laid the foundation for research still ongoing today. 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She is the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eThe Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Margaret Mitchell, The Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Her Fearless Run: Katharine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/ellen-rooney\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Ellen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eOff the craggy coast of Ireland in 1899, self-taught scientist Maude Delap captures a jellyfish from her rowboat and embarks on an unprecedented scientific journey.\u003cbr\u003e\nLike most girls and women in her community, Maude has never attended school. 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Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. She has worked as a fourth grade teacher, a curriculum specialist, and an adjunct professor. She lives in Rochester, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/michelle-cusolito\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Michelle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Rooney, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEllen Rooney is an illustrator, designer, and artist. She loves graphic shapes, textured colour, creating an atmosphere, and telling a story with pictures. She is the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eThe Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Margaret Mitchell, The Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Her Fearless Run: Katharine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/ellen-rooney\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Ellen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eOff the craggy coast of Ireland in 1899, self-taught scientist Maude Delap captures a jellyfish from her rowboat and embarks on an unprecedented scientific journey.\u003cbr\u003e\nLike most girls and women in her community, Maude has never attended school. But her intrinsic curiosity ignites an interest in marine life on Valentia, the island where she lives. Jellyfish are difficult to raise in captivity, which makes studying them a challenge, but Maude isn’t deterred. She brings a worthy specimen to her makeshift home laboratory. Over the course of 10 months, the medusa—the term for an adult jellyfish—produces larvae, which become tiny polyps, then transform into pulsing ephyrae, fed and nurtured by Maude until one reaches adulthood (even devouring all the others!). Maude becomes the first person to raise a jellyfish in captivity, studying it throughout a complete life cycle. Detailed backmatter notes that Maude was well respected in the field, despite gender discrimination and her lack of education. Illustrations have a cut-paper feel, lending a cozy depth to each scene with overlapping colors and textures. Calming, muted oceanic hues evoke a foggy Irish coastline. 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