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Describes the life of Mary Anning, who discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, yet received little credit for her work.
The bicentennial of Mary Anning's birth produced a plethora of biographies, some with handsome illustrations and vigorous prose. This biography has neither, with average but scientifically correct illustrations in tones of beige, browns and greys and a straightforward controlled vocabulary. However, this biography does the job with emphasis on the role her brother Joseph had in her discoveries of an ichthyosaur skeleton, and her discoveries made later in life. Based on a long list of primary sources, this is a valid informational book for young report-writers, with a timeline and an afterword included, but no index. Part of the "On My Own Biography" series. 2001, Carolrhoda, $19.93. Ages 7 to 10. Reviewer: Susan Hepler
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Ben Bettridge
reviewed Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter on February 03, 2015
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter
I read this because I am looking for a children's book about Mary Anning to read to kids as part of a day-camp I'm putting together for the YMCA.
This book is probably better for older kids, like 3rd grade at least. The illustrations are wonderful but the book is a small size, so it would be difficult to read to a large group. It's a hart-on-its-sleeve feminist book, which might be good at hammering home the idea that anybody can be a paleontologist, but I wonder if the trials experienced by Anning as a woman in a man's world would actually intimidate young kids, especially girls, from following in her footsteps (that would be BAD BAD BAD). The descriptions of animals Anning discovered could be understood by most children (except for the very young). Overall, it's a great little book but I'm not sure it's what I'm looking for.
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