Description
Book Synopsis''She sells sea shells on the sea shore'' - and she really did! This rhyme is thought to have been written about Mary Anning, an amazing fossilist and dinosaur expert, who was almost unknown at the time she lived. This biography explores the life of Mary Anning, from her first fossil finds at the age of ten to her sales of important discoveries to wealthy scientists. Mary''s fossil finds made a great contribution to what scientist understood about pre-historic life.
Through the story of Mary Anning, readers learn about life and society in the 1800s and Victorian Britain. We learn what it was like to be born into a poor family and about the roles of women in society and in the field of science. Readers will learn to draw conclusions from the evidence provided - a great basis for class discussions.
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Table of Contents
- 1: Introducing … Mary Anning
- 2: Beside the seashore
- 3: Fossils, fossils, everywhere!
- 4: Bleak times
- 5: Back to the beach
- 6: An important discovery
- 7: The dangers of fossil hunting
- 8: Paleontology for beginners
- 9: The next big thing
- 10: Almost famous
- 11: Fossilist friends
- 12: The end of an era
- 13: Fame at last
- 14: Timeline
