The Dinosaur Expert by Margaret McNamara

I am on a search for good picture books that came out this year to get for our granddaughter.  I get them out of the library, and then make a decision if this is a story that I think will resonate, or one that will be enjoyable to read again and again.
This book features Mr. Tiffin and his class (which have apparently appeared in other books as well.  So same class, different featured student).  Kimmy has been hunting for fossils and studying dinosaurs her whole life and her class is going to a natural history museum, which is like a dream come true.  She experiences some momentary shyness when a classmate tells her that a girl cannot study dinosaurs.  Mr. Tiffin shows her otherwise, and the end of the book concludes with real life women who have contributed to paleontology.  One is Mary Anning, who was amongst the first fossil scientists, and the subject of Tracy Chevalier's book Remarkable Creatures.
There has never been a better time for dinosaur fans. New species are named at a dizzying rate, and refined techniques are telling us more about dinosaur lives than was ever possible before.  So encouraging the study of our planet's past is timely.