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Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites by Sandra Neil Wallace and Nancy Carpenter

July 17, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ursula Marvin didn’t have rocks in the head, but she had rocks on the brain! And meteorites and all sorts of neat science things. She was a girl who was told “learn to cook.” And instead, she decided to cook up some good trouble by finding moon rocks, meteorites and more in the harsh Antarctic landscape. This picture book biography, Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrator Nancy Carpenter is a fun introduction to a woman […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: antarctica, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Traveling, cbr18bingo Wheel, Earth Sciences, Geologists, Lunar petrology, Meteorites, Nancy Carpenter, nature, Rocks & Minerals, Sandra Neil Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace and Nancy Carpenter, science, technology, Ursula B. Marvin, Ursula Marvin, Ursula Marvin (1921-2018), Vermont, Women geologists, women in science

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:197 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: antarctica, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Traveling, cbr18bingo Wheel, Earth Sciences, Geologists, Lunar petrology, Meteorites, Nancy Carpenter, nature, Rocks & Minerals, Sandra Neil Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace and Nancy Carpenter, science, technology, Ursula B. Marvin, Ursula Marvin, Ursula Marvin (1921-2018), Vermont, Women geologists, women in science ·
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