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Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon Hardcover – September 14, 1999

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Product Details

  • Age Range: 5 - 10 years
  • Grade Level: Kindergarten and up
  • Lexile Measure: 560L (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); 1st edition (September 14, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0374348405
  • ISBN-13: 978-0374348403
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.5 x 11.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsWomen's History and Careers
By A Customer on April 22, 2000
Format: Hardcover
The story of Mary Anning is certainly not well known, at least in the US and outside of the field of paleantology. This book gives a perspective of what it's like to have a fascination which turns into a career. It is especially encouraging to young women who want to explore a variety of careers.
The illustrations capture a life in England at the sea in the early 1800's. Beautifully done!
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Wonderful Collaboration
By Frank Murphy on June 23, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Atkins and Dooling have created a beautiful picture book that girls and boys will love. Mary Anning's story is becoming more well known now with two other recently released picture books (by Laurence Anholt and Don Brown). Dooling's illustrations are vivid, colorful, real and beautiful!
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5.0 out of 5 starsBeautifully-illustrated story about a pioneer fossil hunter
By Z Hayes HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWER on June 29, 2011
Format: Hardcover
My six-year-old daughter is very keen on learning about and collecting fossils. We have been devouring as many books on the subject as we can and after reading Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures: A Novel, I was hoping to find some kid-friendly books about pioneer fossil hunters.

There are several books written about Mary Anning, covering either her life's work or her youth. This book focuses on the young Mary Anning's painstaking and patient efforts in uncovering a prehistoric reptile fossil by the Lyme Regis shore. My young daughter and I were impressed by the descriptions of Anning's diligent efforts, carried out mostly in solitude. The watercolor illustrations by Michael Dooling paints a rather bleak picture of the landscape which serves to highlight Anning's solitary efforts.

Mary Anning was a pioneer of fossil discovery and her perseverance and patience serves as a great role model for young children. Also recommended are The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery by Catherine Brighton; Stone Girl Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning by Laurence Anholt; and, Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries by Don Brown.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMARY ANNING AND THE SEA DRAGON
By gdanny on December 13, 2013
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Another good version of this important story. My favorite is still the STONE GIRL BONE GIRL: THE STORY OF MARY ANNING.
The illustrations in the latter are much more evocative and demonstrate to beautifully the layering of past life in the earth. From this we can really teach how "earth tells the story."
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy 7 year old granddaughter enjoys having this book read ...
By Settingapenname on October 22, 2014
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My 7 year old granddaughter enjoys having this book read to her. It is very well written. She is interested in digging up dinosaur bones and this book encourages children to be patient and careful when looking at objects in the environment, especially bones.
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