Mary Anning's Curiosity

by Monica Kulling

Book Overview

The amazing story of how the world's greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.

Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554988985
• ISBN13: 9781554988983
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7