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Mary Losure

children's book author

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    • Isaac the Alchemist
    • Backwards Moon
    • Wild Boy
    • The Fairy Ring
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Author, explorer of worlds both real and imaginary.

Cover of Isaac the Alchmist

Isaac the Alchemist

The magic-seeking childhood of a boy who grows up to be the world’s greatest alchemist–Isaac Newton. Discover it for yourself wherever books are sold!

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The Darwin family's house, now an awesome museum

Darwin and Me

I’m working now on a new book (for grownups, though kids are welcome to read it) about Charles Darwin’s other voyage of scientific discovery, one that began years after his famous trip on the H.M.S. Beagle. In the woods and fields around his country home, Down House, Darwin investigated the habits of ordinary wildflowers…and discovered…

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Meet Mary Losure

Mary Losure writes innovative nonfiction (and the occasional fantasy) for kids.

Her books have been praised in The Wall Street Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal, and other publications and have been selected for several “best of” lists for children’s literature.

Her most recent book, Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal’d (Candlewick, February 2017), has received three starred reviews.

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