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In a warm, wonder-filled voice that reads like a bedside conversation with a kind teacher, 100 Amazing Facts for Curious Kids Ages 4-12 invites children to open their eyes wide and fall in love with the world God made. Every second is a doorway: short, surprising facts arranged by topic space, oceans, animals, inventions, history, and faith written for young listeners who love to ask questions and for parents who love to answer them.

In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by male scientists of the time, and she received little credit until long after her death. Learn about Mary Anning's perseverance and her important discoveries in paleontology.