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Gail Gibbons Dinosaur Discoveries
Holiday House 2006 0823420302 / 9780823420308 Paperback New
0823420302 0823420302 From School Library Journal Grade 3-4?Gibbons leaps backward into the world of dinosaurs, starting with the cosmic event that may have caused their extinction 65 million years ago. From there she reviews the three geologic periods of the Age of Dinosaurs and provides a brief history of paleontology and its modern methods. What follows are busy pictorial spreads that feature a variety of saurians by classification (e.g., ceratopsians, stegasaurs, etc.) The swirling colorful illustrations depict enough dinos to satisfy novices, though Oviraptor lacks his crest and definitive beak, and Kentrosaurus his formidable shoulder spikes. Also, while Torosaurus once held the slot for the largest skull, it has been ousted by a recent find of an even larger pentoceratopsian skull. No dimensions are provided, but the nesting behavior of Maiasaurus is shown, as is the evolutionary connection between small theropods and modern birds. The book is vigorous, crowded, and slightly flawed, but it will entice young novices into demanding MORE.?Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Gr. 1-3. Unlike dinosaurs themselves, fascination with these prehistoric creatures continues to flourish. Gibbons focuses on the most recent theories about dinosaur history, abetted by facts unearthed by new dinosaur discoveries. Following a two-page spread that presents the three periods of the Age of Dinosaurs comes a series of captioned panels with accompanying text that present some basic facts about dinosaurs and their remains. Gibbons then turns attention to seven categories of nonbird dinosaurs, beginning with the earliest, Prosauropods, identifying members of each group in captioned artist's renderings, arranged by period, and noting some individualizing characteristics in an accompanying paragraph of text. More general information follows. Back matter lists nine discoveries, and endpaper maps pinpoint where discoveries have been made. Pronunciation guides appear in parentheses, and there's a handy dinosaur index on the last page. The colorful spreads are a bit crowded, but dinosaurs remain distinct. A high-interest subject, capably simplified. Julie Cummins Copyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Gail Gibbons Easter
Holiday House 0823407373 / 9780823407378 SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING Good
0823407373 0823407373 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Gail Gibbons Fire! Fire!
HarperCollins Publishers 069004416X / 9780690044164 LIBRARY BINDING Fair
069004416X 069004416X Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Gail Gibbons Sea Turtles
Holiday House 0823411915 / 9780823411917 Hardcover Good
0823411915 0823411915 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Gail Gibbons The Planets
Holiday House 0823419576 / 9780823419579 Hardcover Good
0823419576 0823419576 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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Gail Gibbons Whales
Holiday House 0823409007 / 9780823409006 Hardcover Good
0823409007 0823409007 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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