Mary Anning's Curiosity
Ilustrat de Melissa Castrillón Autor Monica Kullingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mai 2017 – vârsta de la 7 până la 12 ani
Mary Anning, considered the world’s greatest fossilist, discovered her first big find at the age of twelve. This novel is an imaginative re-creation of her childhood.
Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a poor family. She and her older brother were the only two of ten children to survive. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.
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.
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 Ichthyosaurus.
Mary Anning may have been uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of
Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a poor family. She and her older brother were the only two of ten children to survive. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.
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.
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 Ichthyosaurus.
Mary Anning may have been uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781554988983
ISBN-10: 1554988985
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: GROUNDWOOD BOOKS
Colecția Groundwood Books
ISBN-10: 1554988985
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: GROUNDWOOD BOOKS
Colecția Groundwood Books
Recenzii
For Grant and Tillie Go Walking:
"The tender message to draw inspiration from the things you love still holds true in this mixture of fact and fiction." School Library Journal
For In the Bag!: Margaret Knight Wraps It Up
"...In clean, straightforward prose, Kulling explains how Knight's interest in and knack for machines was present even at a young age.... Paired with Parkins's detailed and handsome pen-and-ink illustrations, the book focuses on Knight's invention of a paper bag-manufacturing machine and her legal fight to protect her creation after her idea was stolen." Publishers Weekly
"The tender message to draw inspiration from the things you love still holds true in this mixture of fact and fiction." School Library Journal
For In the Bag!: Margaret Knight Wraps It Up
"...In clean, straightforward prose, Kulling explains how Knight's interest in and knack for machines was present even at a young age.... Paired with Parkins's detailed and handsome pen-and-ink illustrations, the book focuses on Knight's invention of a paper bag-manufacturing machine and her legal fight to protect her creation after her idea was stolen." Publishers Weekly
Notă biografică
MONICA KULLING is the author of more than sixty books for children, including Aunt Pearl, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher; and Ruby¿s Hope: A Story of How the Famous ¿Migrant Mother¿ Photograph Became the Face of the Great Depression, illustrated by Sarah Dvojak. She has written the popular Great Idea series, and her work has been nominated for many awards, including numerous Silver Birch Express and Golden Oak awards and the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children¿s Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.