{"product_id":"marians-big-dig-9781779460431","title":"Marian's Big Dig","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen rock-loving Marian stumbles upon a perfect, pointy stone in the park, she just knows it is a dinosaur fossil! But her geologist mom and her fossil-hunting hero remain unconvinced, so there's only one thing to do -- Marian has to find the rest of the dinosaur. One by one, she excavates more fossils in her backyard (though her parents keep mistaking them for gardening tools and household objects). Piecing them together is puzzling, but Marian's dinosaur is shaping up to be her best discovery yet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis playful story told through the eyes of imaginative Marian is accompanied by real facts about fossils, further reading and details about real life fossil discoveries made by kids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edefinitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebackmatter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efacts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efurther information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsk and answer questions about unknown words in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Bontje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Groundwood Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 9.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781779460431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 4-8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBontje, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLAURA BONTJE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a children's book author and freelance fiction editor. Raised in Calgary, Alberta, she now lives with her husband, kids and fluffy gray cat in London, Ontario. Her picture books include \u003cem\u003eMarian's Big Dig\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Scot Ritchie), \u003cem\u003eWhen the Air Sang\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Sarah Whang), \u003cem\u003eWas It a Cat I Saw? \u003c\/em\u003e(illustrated by Emma Lidia Squillari) and more to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRitchie, Scot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSCOT RITCHIE\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning illustrator and author with more than eighty books to his credit, including \u003cem\u003eTug, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eP'ésk'a\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe First Salmon Ceremony\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFederica\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOwen at the Park\u003c\/em\u003e. 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