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She found dinosaurs in her backyard

A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon

June 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I do not know if I would call a dinosaur Ruth, but since Ruth Mason discovered so many of them, I guess one named Ruth is not so bad. And in A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard we see how she found so many goodies that would make up Ruth and many many more dinosaurs. It was 1905 and a girl named Ruth found strange rocks on her family’s land. Over the years, she keeps finding more, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alexandra Bye, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Fossils, Julia Lyon, Ranchers, Ruth Mason, Science & Nature, Science & Technology, South Dakota

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:273 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alexandra Bye, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Fossils, Julia Lyon, Ranchers, Ruth Mason, Science & Nature, Science & Technology, South Dakota ·
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