Instantly access Mary Anning's Curiosity plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids. In this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers. Mary Anning's Curiosity kids' book from the leading digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ books from 250+ of the world’s best publishers. Mary Anning was 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.
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 Ichthyosaurus. Get FREE shipping on Mary Annings Curiosity by Monica Kulling, from . by Monica Kulling (Author), Bill Slavin (Illustrator) 7 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 28.12 6 Used from 20.81 6 New from 17.15 Paperback 9.50 3 Used from 11.78 8 New from 8.52 Growing up in Smiljan, Croatia, Nikola Tesla dreamed about harnessing the power of Niagara Falls. 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.Īt 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. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils. Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. The amazing story of how the world's greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve. Mary Anning’s Curiosity is sure to delight all fossil lovers young and old, and as the Coronavirus lockdowns are still in effect at the time of this writing, it has been a great companion while maintaining my social distancing I think it ties with Dinosaur Lady for my favorite book about Mary Anning thus far.
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