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The Dragon in the Cliff
A Novel Based on the Life of Mary Anning
By Cole, Sheila & Farrow, T. C.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68810-196-1
- Publisher
- New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1991
Gr 5-9 Mary Anning is the perfect subject for a children's biography, for she was only 13 when, in 1811, she became the first person to discover the fossil of an entire marine dinosaur. Cole does a wonderful job of describing Anning's struggles to overcome the biases of the times, the English town in which she lived, and its prejudices. Anning always had to fight to win the approval of both her parents and the gossipy townspeople, who thought it ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
