Overview
This book tells the true story of a scientist named Mary Anning. The fossils she found helped invent the science of palaeontology. If you've heard of Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs or Pterosaurs you already know her work but there's so much that's been hidden or forgotten. Here's some things you'll discover: -As a one-year-old, lightning struck Mary but it could not kill her. -When she was 12 she found the bones of a creature no one had ever seen before. -In her 16th year, dead people washed up on her favorite beach. -Her enemies were rich men and landslides - the first called her a liar and the second tried to kill her (a lot). -One of her friends often ate mice on toast. This visual biography contains many deaths and one squirrel; a handsome puppy and 200-million-year-old poop.
Full Product Details
Author: Deshan Tennekoon
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
Dimensions:
Width: 19.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9780639608297
ISBN 10: 0639608299
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 01 August 2021
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Deshan Tennekoon is a physically rickety but mentally limber writer from Sri Lanka. His books for Think Equal are taught in schools around the world and lots of 6-year-olds think they’re okay. He wrote for The Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of Asian Design and is still recovering from the shock of once being a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. ‘Podi’, a middle-grade graphic novel he co-wrote is forthcoming from Oni Press (2022). His short comics have been published by Image Comics, ShortBox, Inkbrick and in the Eisner and Ignatzwinning anthology Elements: Fire (Beyond Press). He believes in reckless napping as a fine tool for managing his sanity. Linki Brand is a South African children’s book illustrator. She completed a BA degree in Graphic Design at the North West University, Potchefstroom. Linki has illustrated numerous children’s books (including a few cover designs for young adult literature) that were published by LAPA Publishers – a division of Penguin Random House South Africa. In addition to that she illustrated books for Think Equal (United Kingdom) for their global SEE Learning programme (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning). A mini comic strip has also been published by Image Comics Inc. In 2019 I was the sole Graphic Designer for an exhibition compiled by the University of Huddersfield and Leeds Beckett University. Linki is currently living and working in Bergen, Norway with her husband, Werner, and children Fia, Ben and Lukas.
