{"id":326,"date":"2022-03-04T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:51:22","slug":"dinosaur-lady-the-daring-discoveries-of-mary-anning-the-first-paleontologist-by-linda-skeers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This informative book is written by Linda Skeers and illustrated by Marta \u00c1lvarez Mingu\u00e9ns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr.-Toughloves-Book-Club-Column-March-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr.-Toughloves-Book-Club-Column-March-2022.jpg 524w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr.-Toughloves-Book-Club-Column-March-2022-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pop quiz \u2013 do you know what a paleontologist is? Simply put, a paleontologist is someone who studies fossils. Dr. Toughlove has decided that in honor of Women\u2019s History Month, she would review \u201cDinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist.\u201d This informative book is beautifully written by Linda Skeers and exquisitely illustrated by Marta \u00c1lvarez Migu\u00e9ns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published in 2020, this book tells the story of Mary Anning, a young girl who lived in England and was born in 1799. If Dr. Toughlove had to describe her she would use the words inquisitive and ingenious with a dose of perseverance thrown in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mary was young, she and her brother explored the cliffs near her home and found fossils, among many other interesting things. Mary collected her discoveries, took notes about what she saw and read books to learn more about her specimens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time you finish reading \u201cDinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist\u201d, you will know a lot about paleontology and learn why these discoveries are still important today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to a compelling story, \u201cDinosaur Lady\u201d provides a timeline of Mary\u2019s accomplishments so the reader will know how old she was when she made her discoveries. As an extra bonus, the author included additional notes and a bibliography in case you want to expand your horizons and learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist,\u201d is a great book selection any time of the year, but is particularly timely during Women\u2019s History Month. Mary\u2019s resourceful attitude is displayed throughout the book and can inspire us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is also a wonderful choice for a read aloud experience. Children will enjoy learning about and seeing illustrations of fossils. \u201cDinosaur Lady\u201d also opens the door to talk about a topic that fascinates many kids &#8211; dinosaurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this book is recommended for children aged 4-8, Dr. Toughlove believes that children and adults alike will enjoy reading this book and learning about Mary Anning. \u201cDinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist\u201d is available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\">Queen Anne\u2019s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">County <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qaclibrary.org\/\">Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This informative book is written by Linda Skeers and illustrated by Marta \u00c1lvarez Mingu\u00e9ns Pop quiz \u2013 do you know what a paleontologist is? Simply put, a paleontologist is someone who studies fossils. Dr. Toughlove has decided that in honor of Women\u2019s History Month, she would review \u201cDinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}