Figuring Out Fossils

Informationen zum Autor Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about the history, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut. Klappentext Fossils give us a window to the past. Water, sediments, and pressure work together over time to preserve the shape of things that lived long ago. Studying these ancient plants and animals tells us more about our own existence. Have you ever searched for fossils? Unearth some in this book.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Walker, Sally M Walker, Sally M. Walker
• Publisher: LERNER PUBL group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781467707916
• ISBN: 978-1-4677-0791-6
• No. of pages: 40
• Series: Searchlight Books: Do You Dig Earth Science?; Searchlight Books: Do You Dig; Do You Dig Earth Science Searchlight Books; Searchlight Books (TM) -- Do Y; Searchlight Books: Do You Dig; Searchlight Books - Do You Dig Earth Science?
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries