Book overview....
Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey, Paleontologist
1. Readers only know she worked in Tanzania by reading the names on the maps pictured.
They don't even list the location in the back matter!
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All we get in the text is pithy junk like, "She lived in Africa, the land of sun, grass, and fossils, until she passed away." I hope my obituary contains more than, "She lived in North America, land of sun, grass, and fossils, until she passed away." How incredibly disrespectful to Leaky, and to the tens of thousands of people that live and work in Tanzania!
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The illustrations were terrible. They really looked computer generated, and not in a good way.
3. Her maiden name is never mentioned in the text, nor is her location of birth, or her parents' names. We need to look at the timeline at the back to get, "1913: Mary Nicol is born in London on February 6." My kids & I spent the whole book thinking this woman was American.