Stone Girl, Bone Girl
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780531301487 (0531301486)
ASIN: 0531301486
Publish date: 1999-03-01
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
6/15/11 ** Lyrical text and vivid illustrations combine to tell the story of Mary Anning, an early fossil hunter and self-taught expert on fossils. Focuses primarily on the early life experiences that led to Anning's scientific discoveries.
A worthy introduction to the life of Mary Anning, but I couldn't help but be a tad annoyed about some historical discrepancies - most notably the omission of Mary's brother who was instrumental in finding the first Ichthyosaurs. Why leave him out? I also wasn't fond of the mystical dog storyline. ...
Really my four stars are for the story of Mary Anning herself -- the narration is fine but nothing special, and the illustrations, while interesting, seemed a somewhat odd choice to accompany a story set in early-nineteenth-century England.
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