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Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries - Don Brown

Description: ISBN 0618310819 / Genre: Junior Books / Author: Don Brown / Edition: Reprint / Paperback / Reading Level: Ages 9-12 / 32 Pages / Book is ... more

Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries - Don Brown ... published 2003-07-30 by Houghton Mifflin

Newest Review: ... her father, and when she was but 11 years old, happened to notice an oddity along the ground that she dusted carefully off. ... more

... This piece turned out to be a skull, and excavation proved it to be a nearly complete Ichthyosaurus. Now, her fossil hunting was not for scientific curiosity alone, it was to sell to collectors as income, as tourists flocked to the region for its "curiosities". So, as they were poor, and her father had died at that point,Mary went on to hone her observation skills in order to discover other valuable fossils. It was to pay off as she then went on to discover the first complete Plesiosaurus. She drew the att...more

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Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries - Don Brown: Rare Treasure Indeed (937 words)
by - written on 15/07/08 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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As many of you probably know from reading various incarnations of my ABOUT ME on here and also from a few comments in my own reviews, we are a home educating family. I bring this up as its quite relevant to this review, as it underscores just why we are so picky about the books we choose for our children. Many of the books we choose must not only entertain, so that they enjoy the reading, but also inform, so that they are picking up facts alongside. This is occasionally simple, but other times less so. One particularly tricky area is finding biographies for younger children. Luckily, this is a niche that is rapidly being filled, with many excellent picture book ... Read the complete review