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Ancient animals, volcanic ash, and a teen’s amazing fossil find.

Rhinos in Nebraska

The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds

  • Hardcover

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    26 October 2021

Summary

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 te…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781250266576
ISBN-10:1250266572
Author:Alison Pearce Stevens, Matt Huynh
Publisher:St Martin's Press
Imprint:St Martin's Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:26 October 2021
Weight:330g
Dimensions:154mm x 233mm
Audience Age:8
A-Format
B-Format
Rhinos in Nebraska by Alison Pearce Stevens - ISBN: 9781250266576
154 × 233 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Alison Pearce Stevens

Alison Pearce Stevens has written more than ninety science articles for children and coauthored four National Geographic Kids books. She found inspiration for Rhinos in Nebraska through her work at the University of Nebraska State Museum.

Matt Huynh is a Sydney born, New York based visual artist and storyteller. His paintings, comics, and murals have been exhibited by the MoMA, The Smithsonian, The Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and New York Historical Society.

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