Mary Anning's Curiosity
Monica Kulling
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Éditeur:
Groundwood Books Ltd
Groundwood Books Ltd
Protection:
Format ouvert - aucune protection
Format ouvert - aucune protection
Année de parution:
2017
2017
ISBN-13:
9781554989003
Description:
<p><strong>The amazing story of how the world’s greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.</strong></p>
<p>Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.</p>
<p>When her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.</p>
<p>At the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the <em>Ichthyosaurus. </em></p>
<p>Mary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth.</p>
<p>In this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.<strong> </strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Key Text Features</strong><br>
author's note<br>
historical context<br>
resources<br>
facts<br>
further reading</p>
<p>Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.</p>
<p>When her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.</p>
<p>At the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the <em>Ichthyosaurus. </em></p>
<p>Mary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth.</p>
<p>In this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.<strong> </strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Key Text Features</strong><br>
author's note<br>
historical context<br>
resources<br>
facts<br>
further reading</p>
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