Dodo and Dinosaur launch new book in North Norfolk

A Norfolk mother and daughter duo are continuing to bring extinct creatures to life for children across the country.

Jill Michelle Smith and Jennifer Watson (left) alongside Dr David Waterhouse at the Extraordinary Extinct Prehistoric Minibeasts: A First Guide to Fossils' book launch event at North Norfolk Visitor Centre.

Dodo and Dinosaur, a design studio and independent publisher, was founded by mother and daughter team Jill Michelle Smith and Jennifer Watson. The pair have now launched their latest book, Extraordinary Extinct Prehistoric Minibeasts: A First Guide to Fossils at the North Norfolk Visitor Centre in Cromer. They were joined by Dr David Waterhouse, an expert palaeontologist, who wrote a foreword for the book for the event.

Mrs Watson said that the inspiration for their fossil guide came from her two young children, four-year-old Artie and two-year-old Jemima, who love exploring beaches. She said: “Artie, in particular, has always been keen to learn about dinosaurs and fossils, but we found there weren’t any accessible books for very young children, with common fossils that everyone can find.

“We wanted to create a simple guide that would inspire little explorers and their families to head out on their adventures and be able to identify their finds for themselves.” The duo also recently published Extraordinary Extinct Crystal Palace Dinosaurs in August, which focuses on the life-sized sculptures built in South London in 1854 and shows how the Victorians thought prehistoric life would have looked and lived.

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