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It's 1811. Ten-year-old Mary Anning, her brother Joe, and their widowed mother are eking out a meager existence running a little fossil shop in the seaside town of Lyme Regis. After a storm wipes out... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0761314687
ISBN13:9780761314684
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Millbrook Press
Length:1 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.7" x 10.9"
Age Range:5 to 8 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 3
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Fossil Girl..Wondrous Discoveries!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I read this book with my six year old daughter and her first grade class. The story is told from the viewpoint of Mary Anning, a young girl, who along with her brother supplemented her widowed mother's income by the selling of "curiousities" which they found on the beach near their home in England. These curiousities turned out to be fossils of dinosaurs. (The book takes place in the 19th century when such things were still not common knowledge). It is a wonderful story simply told with beautiful illustrations. It is simple emough for a first or second grader to read by themselves with a few assists over the "hard" words. It is particularly good because it is also a true story! There is a one page addendum at the end telling the rest of the Mary Anning's life and how she, although never leaving the small village where she was born, became one of the foremost dinosaur experts of her time.
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