“Digging for Dinosaurs is a great read for both the intended audience and adults because of the facts and writing style. It is also a good size format and has large type. Designed with almost photo quality drawings and pictures of the dinosaur bones, questions and answers, glossary, and and index, all work to round out the content to make it a good selection for library, class, or home. ”—Dutchie Riggsby
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Apatosaurus
9781607533658
Barbara Alpert
Describes how the Apatosaurus was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about dinosaur behavior.
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Pterodactyl
9781607533665
Barbara Alpert
Describes how the Pterodactyl and other pterosaurs were discovered, how paleontologists study their bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about these ancient flying lizards.
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Stegosaurus
9781607533672
Barbara Alpert
Describes how the Stegosaurus was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about this plant-eating dinosaur with plates.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
9781607533696
Barbara Alpert
Describes how the Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about the behavior of the largest meat-eating dinosaur.
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Velociraptor
9781607533702
Barbara Alpert
Describes how the Velociraptor was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about the behavior of this small, speedy meat-eating dinosaur.
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Digging for Dinosaurs
If dinosaurs lived millions of years before humans, how do we know so much about them? This series examines the discovery of each featured species and later fossil finds that added to our body of knowledge, explaining how scientists interpret fossils to explain dinosaur behavior.
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Complete Series of 5: retail $185.50 your price $129.75
NSTA Recommends,
September 24, 2013
School Library Journal,
November 2013
“Combining dinosaur facts with basic paleontology, each title opens with a brief look at the featured animal in its time and then moves on to the first discovery of its remains. With clear, fairly simple language, the author describes how scientists built upon and corrected prior theories, such as the multiple errant attempts to match Apatosaurus to its proper skull. However, Velociraptors misleads readers by stating that velociraptors may have ‘hunted and lived in packs.’ Each book brings these reptiles up to the present day, with discoveries as recent as 2012. A question-and-answer feature encourages speculation in a nod to Common Core requirements. The illustrations, photographs, and reproductions show a mixture of fossils, paleontologists in the field, and images of the featured dinosaurs. The paleontologist viewpoint, coupled with more standard facts about behavior and physical features, makes a fairly engaging angle into dinosaur study. ”—Series Made Simple
Library Media Connection,
August/September 2014
“This series of books presents easy-to-read yet informative texts. Each one begins with a short story about the named dinosaur, then offers information about how and where the dinosaur’s fossils were first discovered, more recent discoveries about the animal, and what research is being done today. There are photos of fossils, locations, and scientists and discoverers; paintings and computer graphic drawings of dinosaurs. Short, interesting ‘Question and Answer’ pairs on facing pages are sprinkled throughout. The series is plainly written and explains the most up-to-date information about dinosaurs. Recommended. ”—Jolene C. DeFranco, Librarian, Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology, Houston, Texas