Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning

Dragon Bones is a picture book biography of fossil-hunter Mary Anning, who discovered a dinosaur skeleton that changed the landscape of paleontology.

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.

This eye-opening biography of the legendary Mary Anning, illustrated by Maris Wicks, shatters expectations and brings together two creators who are as passionate about their subject as they are about their art. Inspiring, this true adventure begs for re-reads.

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 02/15/2022
Pages: 48
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781250140210
Age: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 520228 / Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2021
School Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 111
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2022 pg. 135
Booklist 01/01/2022 pg. 64

About the Author

Sarah Glenn Marsh writes young adult novels and children's picture books, such as Alice Across America and The Bug Girl. An avid fantasy reader from the day her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit and promised it would change her life, she's been making up words and worlds ever since.

Maris Wicks is a writer and illustrator of science comics (Human Body Theater, Science Comics: Coral Reefs, and more), as well as a self-proclaimed gigantic nerd. She has written, drawn, and colored comics for First Second Books, New England Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as Spongebob Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics.