The two things I remember clearly are these: First, that the paleontologist is a short little woman with grey hair and round glasses (you never see her eyes). Second, at the end of the story, she's sitting in a rocking chair, reading a bedtime story to the dinosaurs ranged around her. The stegosaur has a blanket over his back, through which you can see his spine plates, and the tyrannosaur is sitting in the corner, I think with a teddy bear in his little-bitty arms.
Does this thread any beads in anybody's mind?
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Was it perhaps about this woman Mary Anning (in England?):
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Bones-Anning-Paleontology-Scientist/dp/1883846935
RehabRN: No, that's not it. This is a children's picture book, and is definitely fiction, and set at a museum in a big city.
Drat. This is gonna drive me crazy.
You might try this website. See http://logan.com/harriett/stump.html
--Queen Anne's Lace
Call up a children's librarian, one with some miles on the odometer. You'll get an answer right off the bat, or else research will be done until the answer is found.
We're Back: Dinosaur's Story by Hudson Talbott?
This is a question for Sars and the Vine. http://tomatonation.com/category/vine/
Good luck!
KR got it! Dingdingdingdingding!
I have ordered a used copy of the original (I didn't realize there was a movie version, too!) from Amazon. Thanks, KR!
Its funny when I read your description I totally knew what book you were talking about. I have three boys and have read it to each one and they all love that book. I called my youngest to ask him if he remembered the name, and he said no but he looked on his bookshelf. :)
I had no doubt that someone would have the answer in less than ten replies.
I am possibly not worthy to hang out with you people.
We're Back! It was my favorite book as a kid, and my dad loved it too. I havea copy around here somewhere...the pictures still tickle me. So cute.
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