Fossil
Fossil
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Dorling Kindersley
Just the Series: Eyewitness Books: Science   

Series and Publisher: Eyewitness Books: Science   

Annotation: A photo essay about different types of fossils, from bacteria and algae to birds and mammals.
Genre: [Paleontology]
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #143315
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Copyright Date: 2017
Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 06/06/17
Illustrator: Keates, Colin,
Pages: 72 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 1-465-46247-3 Perma-Bound: 0-605-98059-4
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-465-46247-3 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-98059-4
Dewey: 560
LCCN: 2017385740
Dimensions: 29 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
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As the book opens, a girl finds "a stone / that once was bone" on the beach. Her lilting rhyming narration focuses on the life cycle of the Ornithocheirus from whose body the bone originated. Vivid watercolors show the flying reptile fishing, feeding her young, and drifting to the sea's bottom to be covered by silt and, over time, fossilized. A scientific note concludes the book. Bib.

Word Count: 6,572
Reading Level: 8.2
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 8.2 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 17223 / grade: Middle Grades
Lexile: 1060L
Guided Reading Level: Y
Fountas & Pinnell: Y

A visual and informative guide to fossils, now revised and updated in the relaunched DK Eyewitness Books format.

Get up close and personal and be an eyewitness to our prehistoric world through fossilized shells, skulls, teeth, plants, and, of course, skeletons with DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil. Discover the most precious fossils in the world; see how fossils form; find out how early historians and scientists used fossils; and learn how you can become a paleontologist with the included fossil guide.

Series Overview: Each revised Eyewitness book retains the stunning artwork and photography from the groundbreaking original series, but the text has been reduced and reworked to speak more clearly to younger readers. Still on every colorful page: vibrant annotated photographs and the integrated text-and-pictures approach that makes Eyewitness a perennial favorite of parents, teachers, and school-age kids.


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