"Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From", children's book signed by Minneapolis author Catherine Thimmesh.

"Illustrated in full color throughout with stunning computer-generated artwork and with rare paleo photography, this story of scientific sleuthing invites us to wonder what our ancestors were like. From the discovery of Lucy's bones in Hadar, Ethiopia, to the process of recovering and interpreting them (a multidisciplinary approach with contributions from paleontologists, paleoanthropologists, archeologists, geologists and geochronologists), this book shows how a pile of 47 bones led scientists to discover a new—and, at 3.2 million years old, a very very old—species of hominid, ancestral to humans. "

Ages 9 & up.

Visit Catherine Thimmesh's website here: www.catherinethimmesh.com