04294cam a2200913 4500 547894550 TxAuBib 20220201120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781554988990 1554988993 B06XCWJ2FK Amazon f8cd91ec-9844-44f3-b205-f1d10184aafd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3231460 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kulling, Monica. Mary Anning's Curiosity [Libby]. Groundwood Books Ltd, 2017. illustrations. Sciences. reading. stem. Biography. ethic. Historical. spirit. independent. pride. questioning. Note. responsibility. facts. Nature. work. girls. and. perseverance. fictional. Fiction. inspiring. resources. Middle. dedication. discovery. Science. scientific. grade. world. The. women. adversity. context. Further. Female. scientist. History. Fossils. Importance. author's. stories. social. natural. in. overcoming. determining. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3299kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3299kB. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Science Fiction. HTML:<p><strong>The amazing story of how the world's greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.</strong></p> <p>Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a poor family. She and her older brother were the only two of ten children to survive. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.</p> <p>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 when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.</p> <p>At the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter, the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the <i>Ichthyosaurus.</i></p> <p>Mary Anning may have been uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life's work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth. In 2010, Mary was named among the ten British women who have most influenced the history of science. Charles Darwin even cited Mary's fossilized creatures as evidence in his book <i>On the Origin of Species</i>.</p> <p>In this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.</p> <p><strong>Key Text Features</strong><br /> author's note<br /> historical context<br /> resources<br /> facts<br /> further reading</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-02-01 20:00:03. Castrillon, Melissa. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8cd91ec-9844-44f3-b205-f1d10184aafd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8cd91ec-9844-44f3-b205-f1d10184aafd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8cd91ec-9844-44f3-b205-f1d10184aafd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) ALEML