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Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
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by Brown, Don

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.
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  • Title Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
  • Author Brown, Don
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
  • Date 0000-00-00
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0395922860
  • ISBN 9780395922866 / 0395922860
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.33 x 10.52 x 0.44 in (21.16 x 26.72 x 1.12 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 900
  • Library of Congress subjects Fossils, Women - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98032372
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Summary

Before the word "dinosaur" was even coined, a young girl discovered a remarkable skeleton on the rocky beach at Lyme Regis in England. Thus began a lifelong passion for an extraordinary woman who became one of the first commercial fossil collectors. Born in 1799, Mary Anning spent a lifetime teaching herself about fossils and combing the rugged ribbon of shore near her home. Her work yielded an astounding treasure trove: fossils of long-extinct creatures that thrilled customers in her shop and excited early paleontologists. Blind to the dangers of fossil-hunting and to the limitations imposed on women of her era, Mary Anning was a singular scientist who used her sharp eyes and clear mind to compose a picture of ancient life from the bones she unearthed. With his trademark graceful prose and lyrical watercolors, Don Brown distills the life story of this rare treasure of a scientist.

From the publisher

Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family.

Media reviews

Brown (One Giant Leap, 1998, etc.) opens with the thrilling incident from Mary's infancy: while her nursemaid and two companions died under a tree struck by lightning, Mary survived. Taught by her father to hunt for fossils on the rocky beaches and cliffs near Lyme Regis, Mary continued to do so after his death, to help support herself and her family. Without formal education, she studied and read and always pursued fossils, despite physical danger. Richard Owens, the scientist who coined the word dinosaur,' came to hunt fossils with her. Brown's prose has a light and poetic touch, and his watercolors, with their dramatic vistas, small figures, and fossil sketches, suit the tone nicely. He effortlessly imbues a small, appealing package with a lot of information, and a little inspiration besides. Kirkus Reviews

"Aspiring scientists will be encouraged by this inspiring portrayal of a woman who made a childhood passion into her life’s work.” Publishers Weekly

“A vibrant piece of nonfiction.” The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

About the author

Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies. He lives in New York with his family."