From this book, I "made acquaintance" of Wendy Sloboda, whom I've never heard before. And Wendy is still young and alive and loves to find hidden things, like fossils. And through this book, I learned that you might have an unusual hobby, but like Wendy, you can nurture your favorite pass-time into a wonderful passion.

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I absolutely love this book. Love the story, nonfiction bits, and the drawings. Both my daughters loved it

I love the idea behind this book but thought it was a bit muddled. It needed to be shortened & tightened up.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

What a fantastic book that will be a remarkable addition to my classroom library. I'm a teacher in Calgary and I love books that my students can relate to. Many of them will have been to the Tyrell Museum. It will be so inspiring for them to see a local woman follow her passion.

A cute story about Wendy who is a real life paleontologist. A wonderful book to have in a library of a classroom to give students an introduction into fossil hunting.

This was a cute read about a young archeologist discovering a fossil. The pictures were cute and the story was entertaining. This would be a great read for young girls interested in science.

This book is based on a real paleontologist and dinosaur expert who works at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta (Canada). This children's picture book biography would be interesting, inspiring and relatable for young dinosaur and fossil lovers. This book has wonderful STEM connections and features a female role model who discovered a dinosaur that is even named after her! I can't think of anything more exciting for young dino-lovers to dream of! The book also includes information about the real Wendy Sloboda, information about Wendiceratops and fossil hunting, a timeline, a glossary and other sources. As a grade 3 teacher, I would definitely purchase a copy of this book for my classroom library. Picture book biographies about leaders in the world of STEM are growing in popularity and for good reason! This book fits right in that market as a relatively accessible book, with beautiful pictures and telling the story of a scientist who is also a trendsetter and role model for young children, and this case, especially girls. I would recommend this book to teachers, librarians and families of children in the 5-12 age range, especially those fossil and dino lovers. It is also about a Canadian landmark and Canadian scientist!

After visiting a dinosaur museum, my children and I had the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. We loved reading about Wendy Sloboda and her discoveries. Wendy is a tattooed, modern, stylish scientist who has a natural curiosity and an eye for the unique. I loved reading about her discoveries, and my children related to the illustrations as they had just been to the dinosaur museum and the images matched their experiences.

This was a great representation of someone who hunts for fossils not in the US but in Alberta, Canada. I highly recommend this book for teachers, museum educators, and librarians everywhere.

I was not a fan of this book, this coming from an aspiring anthropologist currently working as a librarian. The book was not as expected. I thought that more detail could have been given to fossil hunting, not just the character's ability to find fossils. The story fell a little flat.
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The amazing story of how Wendy Sloboda discovered her first dinosaur fossil at such a young age... and how her fascination with dinosaurs and fossils grew into a career for her when she became an adult. (She is living a lot of kids' dreams!)

Note for conservative Christians:
This picture book uses dates ranging back millions and millions of years ago to date the fossils. This is not the earthly timeline I believe in. If you feel the same, you can easily skip over those years when reading with your child.

The illustrations have a kid-drawn quality to them, and it's pretty cute!

Definitely recommend! 4 star book.

I received a complimentary copy of this book but was not required to leave a review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for a free digital copy.

A great book about Wendy Sloboda the fossil whisperer. Gives kids just enough information about Wendy and dinosaur fossils to whet their appetite for more scientific knowledge.

Such an amazing storybook! I didn't expect to find this much information regarding fossils abd those who are involved in this field in this short book!

Thank you, Kids Can Press, for the advance reading copy.

The book tells the story of Wendy Sloboda who is a well-known preeminent fossil hunter.
You can expect to find beautiful, minimalistic yet pretty illustrations throughout the book with lots of information on fossils and fossil hunting.

A surprising amazing read.

This picture book biography celebrates the career of Wendy Sloboda, who early on demonstrated her keen powers of observation by finding fossils. Wendiceratops is named after her! Readers learn about her early interest in finding "the unusual," her early fossil finds, and her later explorations. Readers will also learn more about dinosaurs. The illustrations are clear and interesting and add additional information. So to does the back matter, which includes more information about Wendy, information about how to be a fossil hunter, Wendy's key discoveries, information about Alberta, Canada's amazing bone beds, and more. I appreciate the emphasis on Wendy's keen observational skills, her interest in fossils, and learning how her early passion for discoveries fueled her later career. An interesting, inspirational book for young readers.