Showing posts with label dinosaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinosaurs. Show all posts

Monday, June 23, 2025

The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs

The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen

The original Magic School Bus books have a nice charm to them. The pages have a story that can be read along with a large number of additional written and illustrated details. In this one, the class goes to visit a dinosaur dig site. Then they travel back in time. They accidentally go too far, and end up seeing what the site looked like in various points in time. Finally they see where the maiasaura eggs are at the "end" of the dinosaur times. When they return to the present they are able to tell the excavation crew where to look. Then they return to school for parent day. 


Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Digging Up Dinosaurs

Digging Up Dinosaurs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Aliki

This book details how people have discovered information about dinosaurs and pieced together their bones. It has some simple explanation of science principles. 

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur! (I Can Read Level 1)

Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur! (I Can Read Level 1) by Syd Hoff

This Dinosaur book lacks the charm of the original Danny and the Dinosaur book. The story and the drawings just are not as good. Danny has a birthday. He invites the dinosaur. There are a few special dinosaur things that are done, but not much that is significantly interesting.