Ivy and Bean enjoy their paleontology activities, and they forge ahead, even though their peers might doubt and ridicule them. There is also a healthy "don't worry about what other people think" message in this book. Mary Anning gives the girls the confidence to believe that even a 12-year-old girl can do something big and important. I LOVE the way the book introduces readers to Mary Anning, a real British paleontologist who dug up an ichthyosaur at age 12. The rest of the book is about how Ivy and Bean go about trying to set a world record. Aruba-Tate, in a clever move that shows how great a teacher she is, gets a distracted Bean back on task (reading) by introducing her to "The Amazing Book of World Records". Mainly, I was quite pleased to see that Ivy and Bean's adventures in this book did not involve being mean or disrespectful to other people. I couldn't bring myself to give it 4 stars, though, because I don't "really like" it. I definitely like this book better than Book 1 or Book 2 of the series, and really my rating should be 3 1/2 stars.
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