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Jul 16, 2010 Ronyell rated it it was amazing

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"Stone Girl, Bone Girl" is a brilliant biography about Mary Anning, who was known for digging up extraordinary fossils back in her day. In this tale, Mary Anning loved digging for strange rocks called "curiosities," but when she meets the Philpot sisters, who were famous scientists, they told Mary that the "curiosities" were actually fossils and that one of the fossils, that belong to a giant sea monster, is the greatest treasure of all. Will Mary find the fossil of the giant sea monster? Read t "Stone Girl, Bone Girl" is a brilliant biography about Mary Anning, who was known for digging up extraordinary fossils back in her day. In this tale, Mary Anning loved digging for strange rocks called "curiosities," but when she meets the Philpot sisters, who were famous scientists, they told Mary that the "curiosities" were actually fossils and that one of the fossils, that belong to a giant sea monster, is the greatest treasure of all. Will Mary find the fossil of the giant sea monster? Read this book to find out!

Laurence Anholt has done a fantastic job at telling the story of Mary Anning's adventures in finding the fossils of the giant sea monster. Laurence Anholt makes this story dramatic and emotional at the same time, especially during the scene where Mary Anning was struck by lightning as a baby, but survives, which I found to be truly amazing since I have never heard about a baby being struck by lightning and surviving the accident. What made this book truly worth reading was the fact that Mary was engaged in an activity that was not common for children to do back then and I loved her devotion to collecting fossils, since I love collecting various items also and I can relate to her devotion in collecting fossils. Sheila Moxley's illustrations are colorful and beautiful at the same time as the characters look lively, especially of the image of Mary Anning herself as she wears a brown and white dress, indicating that she is an adventurer. Sheila Moxley also makes her illustrations somewhat chaotic, especially of the images of the houses in Mary Anning's neighborhood as they look disordered, but they give this book a creative look.

"Stone Girl, Bone Girl" is an excellent book on the real life adventures of Mary Anning and anyone who loves learning about dinosaur fossils and collecting various things for hobbies will definitely enjoy this book! I would recommend this book to children ages five and up since the scene of baby Mary being struck by lightning might scare smaller children. ...more

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