梅西住在海邊,平常最喜歡尋找、蒐集小化石。她很期待哪天能有大發現,能找到屬於她的恐龍骨頭。沒想到當她真的找到某個很特別的東西,她的發現卻被人搶走……梅西該怎麼做,才能做大家都知道這是她的大發現呢?
由古生物學家瑪麗.安寧(Mary Anning)的真實故事改編,書末收錄瑪麗.安寧的發現。瑪麗在12歲就發現第一件完整魚龍化石,對古生物研究有重大貢獻,然而生在社會普遍認為女性無法當科學家的年代,她的成就未獲得認可。結合知識和故事性的傳記繪本,鼓勵孩子不受社會刻板框架的限制,勇敢追尋自己的夢想。
Maisie Jones and the Dinosaur Bones is a fun, feminist, fossil-filled adventure that tells all young children: follow your dreams and you'll find a way, from the bestselling team behind A Dress With Pockets, Lily Murray and Jenny Løvlie.
Maisie Jones lives by the sea, and can always be seen out searching the shore for treasures that she sells in her family's fossil shop. She wants to make a big discovery - to find her very own dinosaur bones. But when she does find something spectacular, a stuffy man in a top hat steals her discovery, and tries to claim it for himself! The race is on - Maisie must track down the pompous professor and make sure everyone knows that it was Maisie Jones who found the dinosaur bones!
Inspired by the real-life story of paleontologist Mary Anning, and with a bonus page all about her discoveries at the back, Maisie Jones and the Dinosaur Bones is the perfect book for treasure hunters and big dreamers.