Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds

Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds

Alison Pearce Stevens, Matt Huynh (Illustrator)
$21.99
Publish Date:
Publisher:
Godwin Books
ISBN:
9781250266576
Pages:
144
Age Range:
8 - 12
Language:
English

Description

Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and camels roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes—eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else’s lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia.

Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery.

Rhinos in Nebraska tells the story of the Ashfall Fossil Beds, where more than two hundred perfectly preserved fossils have been found. Step into the past with author Alison Pearce Stevens and uncover the mysteries of Ashfall.

About the Author

Alison Pearce Stevens was a science professor until life took her overseas, at which point she started writing about science and nature for kids, because she’s an educator at heart and had to find new ways to share cool things with the world's most curious people. Her books have been Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections, won numerous awards, and been included in multiple best-of lists, including Best STEM Books, Outstanding Science Trade Books, and Bank Street’s list of Best Children’s Books of the Year. You can learn more about her at apstevens.com.

Illustrator Matt Huynh is a New York-based artist who takes inspiration from Eastern sumi-e caligraphy and Western comic books. His work has been exhibited by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Smithsonian, and The Sydney Opera House, among others.