Ashley Hall is a paleontologist, naturalist, science educator and communicator. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Animal Behavior at Indiana University Bloomington. As Assistant Curator of Paleontology at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, she excavated, identified, and helped care for the museum's fossil collection.
"A great way to inspire a child's interest in paleontology, this
engagingly written book cultivates a deeper understanding of how
fossils form, surveys their diversity, and points kids in the right
direction to find fossils either in the field for themselves or in
exceptional museum collections. I found it refreshing that the
author covers not only fossils of dinosaurs but also of diverse
vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and microorganisms--which are
rarely treated in children's books but represent the majority of
fossils!" --Dr. Julius T. Csotonyi, Biologist and Scientific
Illustrator
"An absolute must-have book for kids and curious adults! Filled
with beautiful, smart, colorful explanations of what a fossil is,
how and where they formed, and why they are amazing! I have a
feeling future paleontologists will want to name a species Ashleyis
hallus after this author." --Alie Ward, TV Personality and Host of
Ologies Podcast
"Ashley Hall's Fossils for Kids is a wonderful introduction for
youngsters to the world of paleontology. It is far more than a list
of interesting factoids about different species of dinosaurs and
other prehistoric animals (although it has those in abundance). It
explains the actual science of paleontology--what fossils are and
how they form; how we find and uncover them; how we use this
information to reconstruct the ancient worlds--in a family friendly
volume. It is lavishly illustrated not only with reconstructions of
ancient animals but also photographs of the real fossils
themselves." --Dr. Thomas Holtz, Principal Lecturer, Vertebrate
Paleontology, University of Maryland
"Dinosaurs are great, but they are just one part of many wonderful
stories about fossils in this new book for junior scientists.
Readers can "dig" as deeply as they want into the past with Ashley
Hall's book, which combines fun facts with accurate science,
beautiful images, and diverse fossil plants and animals that
provide surprising insights about the history of life on our unique
planet." --Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer, Senior Research Geologist and
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, National Museum of Natural
History
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