Bizarre Dinosaurs: Some Very Strange Creatures and Why We Think They Got That Way
Bizarre Dinosaurs: Some Very Strange Creatures and Why We Think They Got That Way
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National Geographic Society
Annotation: Explains what scientists know and what they are still guessing about a collection of odd-looking monsters, including how experts think these dinosaurs used their individual, bizarre characteristics.
Genre: [Paleontology]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #30450
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
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Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Copyright Date: 2008
Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 10/14/08
Pages: 31 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 1-426-30330-0 Perma-Bound: 0-605-21065-9
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-426-30330-2 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-21065-3
Dewey: 567.9
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Language: English
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Wilson's Children's Catalog
Science Books and Films
Wilson's Junior High Catalog
Word Count: 2,513
Reading Level: 5.8
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.8 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 129543 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:7.6 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q48474
Lexile: AD1020L
Guided Reading Level: S

With state-of-the-art, digitally modeled images, fantastic photos of fossils, and up-to-date scientific interpretations, Bizarre Dinosaurs introduces dino-lovers to a group of very strange creatures indeed.

The cast of characters includes Masiakasaurus, a fierce some beast whose mouth bristled with serrated, slightly hooked, forward-poking teeth; Deinocheirus with his ungainly long arms and huge triple claws; Epedendrosaurus with a tiny body and pinky fingers as long as his arms; and flat-faced Dracorex hogwartsia, the "dragon king of Hogwarts," named after Harry Potters School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Paleontologist Josh Smith uses clear and informed text to tell kids what we know and what we are still guessing about this collection of odd-looking monsters, including how scientists think they used their individual bizarre characteristics. In his introduction, life-long dinosaur enthusiast John Updike gives young readers a new perspective on the sheer weirdness of dinosaurs by turning our relationship with them on its head: "How weird might a human body look to dinosaurs?" he asks. "That thin and featherless skin, that dish-flat face, that limp upright stance, those feeble, clawless five digits at the end of each limb, that ghastly utter lack of a tailugh. Whatever did this creature do to earn his place in the sun, a well-armored, nicely specialized dino might ask."


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