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| 13 January 2026 |
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It's Here! Celebrating Our Book Birthday: Foote Was First! |
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Did you know that an American woman was the first person to make the connection between increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global warming? Did you know that—even though she conducted scientific experiments proving this, and wrote down her results to share—she wasn’t allowed (because of her gender) to publicly read them? Did you know that, a few years later, a male professor in the UK claimed that he was the first to make the CO2-climate change connection? |
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| I’m delighted to share that Amy June Bates (artist for my 2009 title ABE’s FISH) has illustrated Foote Was First! How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change. |
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| Click through to watch Amy opening her fresh copies of the book, with her dog assisting. |
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| illustration from Foote Was First!, copyright 2026, Amy June Bates |
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Published by Quill Tree Books/ HarperCollins, this picture book biography tells the riveting story of how Eunice Newton Foote, an amateur American scientist, became the first person to link an increase in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere to a warmer earth. A wife, mother, inventor and suffragette, she was the fifth signer of the Declaration of Sentiments at the First Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. |
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Foote Was First! is available from the publisher, Bookshop.org, Amazon, and your favorite independent bookseller and public library. |
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illustration from Foote Was First!, copyright 2026, Amy June Bates |
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As always, I’m grateful for you, Dear Reader! Until next time, keep in touch on Facebook, Instagram, or email. |
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