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[2022]
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"A fascinating, highly visual biography of Mary Anning, the Victorian fossil hunter who changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists of all time. Perfect for children learning about women scientists like Ada Lovelace, Jand Goodall, and Katherine Johnson."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Every budding paleontologist has to know all of the big, complicated dinosaur names and terms, and National Geographic Kids is here to help. Little kids will love showing off their advanced vocabulary skills with National Geographic Kids Big Words for Little Paleontologists"--
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"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...
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An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking distance of his car? A second death brings more turmoil. Who is the unidentified man killed during a home invasion where nothing much seems to have been taken? Why was he murdered? The Bears...
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 x 28 cm.
Description
Documents the work of an early twentieth-century paleontologist, named after the famous circus icon by his ambitious parents, who grew up to work for the American Museum of Natural History and discovered the first documented skeletons of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other noteworthy species.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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What if dragons were real? Mock documentary follows researchers as they track dragon remains, using the latest scientific methods. Explores the evolution of dragons and their anatomical features. Uses CGI special effects to take an in-depth look at the beasts of myth and fable.
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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"From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils--and sometimes oil--in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown--who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Soon after paleontologist Norman "Pick" Pickford happens on a discovery in Montana that could prove to be revolutionary, a menacing visitor is murdered and Mike Wire, retired L.A. homicide detective and ranch foreman, realizes that the fossils may be worth killing for.
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"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed...
17) Ammonite
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In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild English coastline. She hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself. When one such tourist arrives in Lyme, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Despite their differences, it is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and...
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 25 cm.
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A prehistoric shark surfaces off California and proceeds to wreck havoc. Sixty feet long, it is a member of a species living in the ocean depths for the last 100,000 years. Jonas Taylor, a paleontologist and deep-sea submariner, tries to capture it for an aquarium.
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"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her findreshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...
20) Dinosaurs
Author
Series
Dinosaurs (Arnaud Plumeri) volume 1
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2013-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Paleontologist Indino Jones provides facts and uncovers mysteries about dinosaurs in this zany graphic novel.
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