For fans of Shark Lady and from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Dr. Fauci comes the incredible true story of a girl who discovered dinosaur bones in her own backyard and, after years of persistence, helped uncover one of the most exciting paleontological discoveries of our time.

Theres an extraordinary secret hidden just beneath Ruth Masons feet. The year is 1905, and Ruth is a prairie girl living in South Dakota. She has no way of knowing that millions of years ago, her family farm was once home to scores of dinosaurs. Until one day, when Ruth starts finding clues to the past: strange rocks and rubble scattered all across her land. Theyre dinosaur fossilsbut she doesnt know that yet, either. It will take many years of collecting these clues, and many, many questions, but Ruths curiosity will one day help uncover thousands of fossils all across her land.

New York Times bestselling illustrator Alexandra Byes vibrant illustrations bring to life this inspiring and exciting debut picture book from award-winning journalist Julia Lyon. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2021 by Simon & Schuster .