Stone Girl Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis: 1 Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Oct. 2006

This was a great story with lovely hand crafted artwork with a folklore sort of appearance. My children are keen to learn everything they can about Mary Anning and her fossil hunting so this book was a great lead on from other books. A couple of notes: the book has a lot of words on each page so it makes for a lengthy story for reading aloud. I also thought it was a bit old fashioned being from the 2000s but my children assured me that it was an amazing book and they truly loved it.

Great story for Y3/4

I bought this book as I found it recommended on A mighty Girl website [...] which promotes positive female rolemodels.Mary Annings work was hugely influential in her own lifetime, and she is a great female role model particularly for girls interested in science and natural history. Recently my daughter has been learning about Mary Anning in school, so she took the book in for the class.The story itself is enjoyable and informative, it encourages outdoor exploring and interest in history and nature, it also mentions the death of her father.However I was surprised the story does not mention that Mary Anning had a brother, Joseph, and also it seems to suggest that aher pet dog (possibly the reincarnation of her dead father) was responsible for her major discovery of Ichthyosaurus, although other sources credit Joseph with this discovery.Overall I would definitely recommend this book as an introduction to fossils and women in history, although the suggestion of reincarnation may be uncomfortable for some parents.

Bought to complement a topic of fossils, dinosaurs and Mary Anning at school. This is a very interesting retelling of Mary Anning's life, with eye-catching illustrations. We found it to be suitable for children in years 2 and 3.

I purchased this book as my 7yo son's class were learning about Mary Anning at school whilst he was poorly at home. He lovely the story and read it three times in quick succession. He's fascinated by fossils so this has really fed his interest.

We purchased this book prior to a family holiday in Lyme Regis. It's a good telling of the Mary Anning story, her life and discoveries, and my son (age 6) found it fascinating to read about the places he had visited. It would be good for any child learning about fossils and geology. It's also a good example of females scientists and the way they were discounted in the past by male scientists.

Used it teaching yr3 (7-8 years) they enjoyed it, added to the science which was about rocks and fossils. Made pretend fossils with plaster etc. Good Story - kids love ‘true’ stories and this one also had a dog!!

What a great book. Very informative and a lovely (true) story for children who maybe feel that they don't fit in with their peers or just for girls who know that they can do anything that boys can do. My two year old granddaughter loves foslis and Dinosaurs and hopefully this will encourage her as she gets older to do whatever she wants to do in life.