Mary Anning and the Great Fossil Discoveries
Book 6 of Graphic Science Biographies Series
Age 10+
Science & Technology: General Interest Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
Explore famous scientists' breakthrough ideas and their personal stories through a graphic novel approach
Mary Anning made some of the most notable fossil discoveries of the nineteenth century. Her uncovering of ichthyosaur remains, plesiosaurus remains, and more expanded people's knowledge of prehistoric life. This graphic biography follows Anning from her early life in a family of fossil hunters in a coastal British town to her years as a collector who impacted scientific research and understandings of the past.
Reviews
Overall, this is a fine, simple introduction to an overlooked scientist. An index, further resources, glossary, and time line solidify its credentials as a worthy text for school assignments.
School Library Journal
An appealing introduction to an important dinosaur hunter.
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