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Perkin's Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry
Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn
Illustrator: Francesca Sanna
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 978-1-368-03284-1
Keywords: STEM. Inventions, Victorian England
Trying for a medical breakthrough, a chemistry student discovered a new shade to satisfy Queen Victoria's wish for a purple gown. Playfully illustrated. Rich historical and scientific back matter.