What if your love for dinosaurs led to a real-life discovery?
Ten-year-old Drishti, an Indian girl living in England, is obsessed with dinosaurs. She can rattle off names like Micropachycephalosaurus without blinking and spends most of her time buried in dinosaur encyclopedias. But fitting in at school is harder-Drishti has autism, which makes understanding jokes and social situations tricky. While others don't always "get" her, dinosaurs always do.
One windy morning at Amber Bay, Drishti spots something unusual on the rocky shore-giant, three-toed footprints embedded in stone. They look exactly like the ones in her books. Could they be real?
Her discovery soon draws the attention of scientists, reporters, and even a palaeontologist from the local museum. To everyone's amazement, the footprints are confirmed to belong to a Camelotia-a plant-eating dinosaur from the Triassic period! Suddenly, Drishti is no longer just the quiet girl in class-she's the girl who found real dinosaur tracks.
Inspired by the true story of a girl named Tegan who discovered pre-historic dinosaur footprints in South Wales, The Girl Who Walked with Dinosaurs blends science, adventure, and imagination to celebrate curiosity, courage, and being different.
Perfect for readers aged 8-12, this heartwarming story shows that scientific discovery doesn't come from fitting in-it comes from thinking differently.
AND even children can make scientific discoveries and contribute to the world.