Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618310819 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Terific illustrations, inspiring book A Customer I have used this book (and others by Don Brown) to support a "Famous People" unit I teach in my 2nd grade classroom. I love the illustrations in this book and the inspiring and interesting text. This book would be especially (but certainly not exclusively) appealing for children interested in prehistoric times.. "Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and her Remarkable Discoveries" according to Ellen S. Fisher. Having loved all of Don Brown's previous work, I was happy to see that this work was highly praised by Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier in the New York Times Book Review. Rare Treasure was even better than the first books: historically accurate, engaging, and beautifully illustrated. Brown is able to write simply and humanistically about remarkable people. Great History, Great Book Amy What a lovely story and beautiful illustrations. Mary Anning provides a great female role model (especially given her time in history). I am always thrilled to find great books about true, historical events and people. My two girls were both captured by the story and illustrations - they often ask "did this really happen?" of books we read - it was great to b
Thus began a lifelong passion for the woman who became one of the first commercial fossil collectors.Mary Anning (1799–1847) spent her lifetime teaching herself about fossils and combing the rugged shore for ancient treasures. Her collection thrilled the public, excited the scientific community, and proved that a woman could overcome danger and social limitations to accomplish great things.. Before the word dinosaur was even invented, an English girl discovered a remarkable skeleton on the rocky beach at Lyme Regis
Ages 4-8. Aspiring scientists will be encouraged by this inspiring portrayal of a woman who made a childhood passion into her life's work. The limited palette of blues, grays and browns effectively serves double duty, successfully contrasing the poverty of the Anning family with the richness of the seaside digging sites, while also setting off the fossil discoveries, which are recorded on parchment-like paper with hand-lettered labels. He drives home the point that 200 years after her birth in 1799, Mary Anning and her contributions continue to inform the scientific community. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Unlike Laurence Anholt's recent Stone Girl, Bone Girl, Brown's succinct text downplays the early death of Mary's father, focusing instead on her commitment to carrying on his fossil-hunting legacy, and plays up her partnership with her older brother, Joseph. From Publishers Weekly As he did in Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure, Brown once again salu