Review by Booklist Review
Ages 6-9. The author of several previous books on dinosaurs tackles a favorite subject yet again, this time from a rather unusual perspective. Though the uniniated may at first think it's a joke, Most's dinosaur roundup is an actual geographical guidebook that pinpoints the remains of more than 25 beasts, and looks at what each of these dinosaurs would find its habitat to be like were it alive now. The Arctosaurus, for example, would find itself near the chilly Arctic Circle. The Alamosaurus would awake in Texas near the famous San Antonio fort. Most of the beasts are introduced one-to-a-page, with a colorful, appealing picture and five lines of text that end with a quip or personal comment: "From now on, whenever I hear the words `Remember the Alamo,' I'm also going to remember the Alamosaurus!" The idea is great, and the pictures, which show plenty of evidence of Most's usual good humor, are lots of fun. But be prepared to supply background about the environments in which the dinosaurs really existed and have a good map handy: the book's maps, though filled with carefully placed miniature dinosaurs, don't identify the countries mentioned. ~--Stephanie Zvirin
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Here's a compendium of geography and history disguised as rollicking dinosaur hoopla. While looking for dinosaur bones, readers will bump into Argentinian gauchos, Uruguay's disappearing plants and animals, Zimbabwe's stunning Victoria Falls and China's Great Wall. Along the way Most deftly debunks scientific nomenclature. (Albertosaurus bones are found in Alberta, Canada; Alamosaurus fossils in Texas. The Yaleosaurus once lived--yes, it's true--near Yale University; even more, he chewed on soft plants, making him a candidate for the ``Ivy League.'') Most, a master of association, furnishes familiar bright and busy oil marker illustrations that make perfect sense in a chaotic context. In the Arctic, yesterday's Arctosaurus romps with contemporary walrus relations. The graceful Itemirus, whose fossils were found in Russia, performs at the Bolshoi, while in Oklahoma Acrocanthosaurus strikes the pose of an oil pump while standing above fossil fuels. Once again, Most has turned dinosaurs into magnets for all manner of factoids. In this not-so-trivial pursuit of knowledge, kids just may remember more than they mean to. Ages 4-8. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-- A book that will appeal not only to dinophiles, but also to young readers less familiar with this wildly popular subject. Various dinosaurs are described in relation to where their fossils have been found (Austrosaurus in Australia, Arctosaurus in the Arctic, etc.) Two or three sentence descriptions tell location, what the reptile's name means, and give a brief comment or joke on the animal's size, appearance, feeding habits, etc. The cartoon illustrations are in color marker, and show smiling walruses and dinosaurs. A listing of museums that have dinosaur exhibits is included. --Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Colorful, busy illustrations accompany a brief text that tells where various types of dinosaurs lived and what they may have been like. The weak prose strains for humor, and some readers will be confused by pictures showing dinosaurs interacting with humans. Included is an international list of museums with dinosaur collections. From HORN BOOK 1993, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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