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040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a560.92 BAR
100			_aBarnham, Kay _eauthor
245			_aMary Anning : _bbrilliant biographies of the dead famous / _c Kay Barnham.
300			_a32 pages : _bchiefly color illustrations ; _c25 cm.
490			_aHistory V.I.P.
520			_a'She sells sea shells on the sea shore' - and she really did! This rhyme is thought to have been written about Mary Anning, an amazing fossilist and dinosaur expert, who was almost unknown at the time she lived. This biography explores the life of Mary Anning, from her first fossil finds at the age of ten to her sales of important discoveries to wealthy scientists. Mary's fossil finds made a great contribution to what scientist understood about pre-historic life. Through the story of Mary Anning, readers learn about life and society in the 1800s and Victorian Britain.
650			_aDinosaurs _v Fossils
650			_aBiographies _vWomen.
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