Monster bones The story of a dinosaur fossil

Jacqui Bailey

Book - 2004

Describes how the bones of a dinosaur became fossilized, were discovered by a paleontologist, and were ultimately displayed in a museum.

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Published
Minneapolis, Minn. : Picture Window Books 2004, c2003.
Language
English
Main Author
Jacqui Bailey (-)
Other Authors
Matthew Lilly (illustrator)
Edition
1st American ed
Physical Description
31 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781404805651
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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-These excellent science books explain their subjects lucidly and sometimes amusingly. In Bones, a Coelophysis misses its prey, crashes into a river, breaks its back, and drowns, although the skeleton keeps up a running commentary throughout the rest of the book, even when it is in pieces and stored on the shelf in a museum. From there, the author takes readers and the dinosaur step-by-step through fossilization, rock layering and upheaval, discovery by hikers of a fossil, the unearthing of other fossil bones by paleontologists, and ultimate classification, reconstruction, and exhibition in a museum. The second title guides readers through a day on Earth, clearly explaining the effect of Earth's rotation and orbit. Color cartoons, while less inspired than those in Joanna Cole's "Magic School Bus" series (Scholastic), keep the books lively and enticing, and children will be illuminated and engaged. End matter includes "More Great Stuff to Know," "Try It and See," and a small trivia section. A meta-Web site, FactHound.com, crawls the Web for sites related to the topics and vets them and makes sure the links work. First choices for any collection.-Dona Ratterree, New York City Public Schools (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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