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)
$19.99
Publication Date: July 20th, 2021
Publisher:
Godwin Books
ISBN:
9781250266576
Pages:
144
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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 is a former scientist who writes award-winning nonfiction books for the world's most curious people to inspire them to protect the world outside their doorstep. She is the author of Junior Library Guild Gold Standard books Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds (which won the Nebraska Book Award in three categories) and Animal Climate Heroes (March 5, 2024). She co-authored National Geographic Kids Books’ 5,000 Awesome Facts 3 and three books in their Weird But True series and has published hundreds of STEM-based magazine and online articles for kids.

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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.