Ely Kish was smart and tenacious. When she wanted to build an easel, she joined a carpentry class despite being the only girl. When she wanted to travel, she learned how to fix an old car and drove all over North America, painting every day. She learned to appreciate the tiny details in the world around her, and her skill as a painter grew and grew.
But when she was hired to paint dinosaurs, she faced her biggest challenge yet. How could she paint something that nobody had ever seen? Luckily, Ely was good at figuring things out.
Join Ely as she pieces together the clues the dinosaurs left behind to bring these astonishing prehistoric creatures to life, step by step. This inspiring story of a trailblazing artist demonstrates how art and science can work together to help us understand our world in exciting and beautiful ways.
Includes back matter with more about Ely Kish and paleoart.
Visit the the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to see Ely Kish’s art on display.
Author
Rosemary Mosco
ROSEMARY MOSCO makes books and cartoons that connect people with the natural world. Her nature comics won the National Cartoonist Society’s award for Best Online Short Form Comic and were the subject of an award-winning museum exhibit. She co-wrote the New York Times bestseller The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid, and is the author of the picture books Butterflies Are Pretty . . . Gross! and Flowers Are Pretty . . . Weird! illustrated by Jacob Souva, as well as five other science books. She speaks at birding festivals and looks for cool critters under every rock she can find. Rosemary lives in Massachusetts
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Sarah Gonzales
Filipino-Canadian illustrator SARAH GONZALES was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Canada. She has been drawing ever since she can remember and has never stopped; she eventually went to the Alberta College of Art and Design, where she focused on illustration and design. Sarah is the Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator of The Only Way to Make Bread, written by Cristina Quintero. She lives in Montreal.
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