Mary Anning and the Great Fossil Discoveries

This is another book about the famous Mary Anning, who lived in Lyme Regis, England and discovered the world’s first complete fossil of an Ichthyosaurus. The format is a graphic novel, making the story accessible for young readers. It focuses on the discovery, but mostly on the challenge of getting......more

This story of Mary Anning is told in a graphic novel format (but fewer than 30 pages). I think the style would make it accessible and appealing to some children. The book focuses on Anning's discovery (with her brother) of a complete ichthyosaur. Her brother first finds the fossilized skull, and she......more

A beautifully illustrated comic book about Mary Anning, and her famed discovery of one of the first Ichthyosaurs. This book does a really good job of putting the reader into the setting of early 1800's England, and giving a sense for how important Mary's discovery was. I think the only real flaw is......more