Description
Product ID: | 9780750299145 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | AE |
Series: | History VIPs |
Title: | History VIPs: Mary Anning |
Authors: | Author: Kay Barnham |
Page Count: | 32 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Natural history (Children’s/Teenage), c 1800 to c 1900, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 9 years |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This brilliant biography brings the 'dead famous' back to life! Learn about Mary Anning, a woman responsible for many amazing prehistoric fossil finds but who was almost unknown in her lifetime. Find out about her life and the time she lived in. ''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. |
Imprint Name: | Wayland |
Publisher Name: | Hachette Children's Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-11-10 |