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Examines the life of the noted anthropologist and describes her discoveries digging for fossils of our ancestors in East Africa.
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Grade 4-6?This skillfully done biography portrays the woman scientist in a lively way. But then, Leakey led an interesting life, and wasn't one to let anyone, including her mother, stop her pursuit of archaeology. Heiligman is careful to include details that will appeal to children, such as descriptions of Leakey's pets, her distaste for school, and her excitement at making new discoveries. The author is also frank in explaining how Leakey's husband often claimed the media spotlight that she more rightly deserved. Throughout the book, the author refers to "artifacts" that reveal aspects of the subject's life?lecture notes; drawings of a stone axe; and a matchbook from a dinner in 1933, her first meeting with Louis Leakey. Lisa Lambert's The Leakeys (Rourke, 1993) and Delta Willis's The Leakey Family (Facts on File, 1992) cover some similar territory, but Heiligman's title focuses on Mary Leakey, emphasizing her struggles and accomplishments as a woman and her contributions to the science that she loved. Charcoal drawings illustrate the text.?Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
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Gr. 4^-6. Mary Leakey's life and work make a great story. Stubborn and opinionated, she barely went to school but grew up to become a leading paleoanthropologist whose exciting discoveries with her husband in east Africa have given us crucial information about our ancestors and their evolution. Heiligman's style is direct and informal, though the abundance of exclamation points adds an arch tone, and the total lack of documentation is condescending (she explains in an author's note that her sources are "too numerous to list here" ). The dark-shaded illustrations are sometimes too heavy, but the sketches of the skulls that Leakey dug up have a realistic drama. There's also a sketch of what is perhaps her most thrilling discovery: the footprints that are the earliest physical evidence of bipedalism, when hominids started walking on two feet, a mere five million years ago. A useful annotated list for further reading and viewing will help readers who want to go from here to learn more about the scientist and the meaning of what she found. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherW H Freeman & Co
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0716766132
- ISBN 13 9780716766131
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
- IllustratorHamlin Janet
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