CONTENTS MARY ANNING AND THE GREAT FOSSIL DISCOVERIES 5 TIMELINE GLOSSARY INDEX..37 38 39
MARY ANNING WAS BORN IN LYME REGIS ENGLAND ON MAY 21 1799 HER FAMILY WAS POOR HER FATHER RICHARD MADE LITTLE MONEY AS A CARPENTER WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG LIGHTNING STRUCK A TREE WHERE PEOPLE CARING FOR HER WERE SHELTERING ALL RIGHT I WILL FINISH THIS CASE FOR MS AUSTEN'S HOUSE LATER ZAP LET'S GO FIND FOSSILS BUT MARY SURVIVED AND BECAME AN ACTIVE AND LIVELY GIRL SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY SO HE OFTEN WENT TO BLUE LIAS A ROCKY FORMATION ON THE COAST OF LYME REGIS TO FIND FOSSILS
