Sarah Glenn Marsh, Maris Wicks (Illustrator)
2022 48 pages(Roaring Brook Press)
9781250140210
125014021
At home in her seaside town in England, little Mary Anning stared out her window. Unlike other children, Mary couldn’t wait for a rainy day. Because when it rained… the bones were revealed.
With her father and brother, Mary would go out searching the damp soil after a storm, with the hopes of finding something nobody had seen before: a dinosaur.
After her father dies, Mary must continue her search, picking up his tools and venturing out alone. In her life, she discovered several creatures, but was never given credit…until recently.
Why I like this book: Dragon Bones is about an archeologist that is looking at bones and fossils. It’s a great way to talk about dinosaurs with children in a very tactile and relatable way.
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