Hands outstretched holding fossils, against a table covered in more fossils.
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Emily Paik, Illustration for She Sells Seashells, by Heidi E.Y. Stemple (Charlesbridge). © 2024 Emily Paik. 

Special Storytime: Heidi E.Y. Stemple

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Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College

Free

Once forced to the sidelines of science, Mary Anning is now recognized as the world’s first paleontologist.

Meet us at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College for storytime and fossils! Author Heidi E.Y. Stemple will read from her new book, She Sells Seashells: Mary Anning, an Unlikely Paleontologist. Participants will learn about the science of the Ichthyosaur and have time to explore other marine materials in the museum.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

Free parking available at O’Connell/Dickinson Parking Lot GPS 90 (Dickinson Street).

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Author Heidi E.Y. Stemple

Heidi E.Y. Stemple

Heidi E.Y. Stemple is the author of more than thirty-five books for children, some of which she coauthored with her mother, Jane Yolen, including Not All Princesses Dress in Pink. She has also published numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children. Once a year she calls owls for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

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Cover of She Sells Seashells: Mary Anning, an Unlikely Paleontologist

She Sells Seashells: Mary Anning, an Unlikely Paleontologist