The Fossil Whisperer

How Wendy Sloboda Discovered a Dinosaur

by Helaine Becker (Author), Sandra Dumais (Illustrator)

A captivating look at the life of a modern-day fossil hunter who makes the find of a lifetime told by award-winning author Helaine Becker.

Wendy has an eye for the unusual and is skilled at finding things that others don't see. While on a school field trip at age 12, she spots one of those unusual things poking out of the ground, and it turns out to be a piece of fossilized coral that's 100 million years old. Wendy's thrilled! And soon, she gets hooked on finding fossils. When she grows up, Wendy turns her passion into her career and becomes a preeminent fossil hunter, known as the “fossil whisperer” around the world. But it's on a dig close to home where Wendy makes her most important discovery: Wendiceratops!.

This readable biography of a unique female role model in the male-dominated field of paleontology has strong STEM connections in life science and paleontology and applications in Earth history. It includes a biographical note, more information about Wendiceratops and fossil hunting, a timeline, a glossary and further reading.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kids Can Press (June 7 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1525304186
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1525304187
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 454 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.62 x 1.52 x 26.29 cm