To the editor: The story of the dinosaur Gnatalie, our latest (and oldest) L.A. superstar, is a fascinating learn within the midst of all the standard information. Reporter Corinne Purtill has achieved this unbelievable story justice along with her riveting account of the traditional world during which Gnatalie lived, how the world developed round her after she died, and the way she got here to be found eons later.
Kudos to the Pure Historical past Museum of Los Angeles, and congratulations to the L.A. Occasions and your gifted author for giving this inexperienced debutante her due. I hope this world-class customer will ignite an curiosity in science and the world round us.
I can’t wait to go see her. For as soon as, I’m excited to be brief and in a position to get a glimpse by means of the child-friendly door into the Gnatalie exhibit earlier than the tall folks do.
Jan Bunker, San Pedro
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To the editor: As a substitute of a dry essay on the fossil Gnatalie appropriate for less than these excited about such educational topics, Corinne Purtill gave the reader a charmingly written, heat and gracious description that enhanced the appreciation of that discovery.
Please proceed to make use of her writing expertise to explain different topics.
Jack Salem, Los Angeles
