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Valdez, Patricia

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

40 pp. | Knopf | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-55725-5 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-399-55726-2 $20.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-399-55727-9
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Felicita Sala. Valdez presents an affirming picture-book biography of herpetologist, researcher, and zoo-exhibit designer Joan Procter (1897–1931). Readers are immersed in Procter's world, from her childhood bedroom (where she developed her obsession with lizards) to the museums and zoos of early-twentieth-century London. Sala's illustrations portray a stylish woman of the 1920s--with a variety of small lizards present on her shoulders and wrists. Bib.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018

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