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Professor Curious solves the mystery of how dinosaur footprints got on top of a mountain in the Alps in an entertaining geology lesson that explains the collision of continents millions of years ago
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PreSchool-Grade 1-- Professor Curious asks readers to help him solve the mystery of the hiking dinosaurs. He has spotted their footprints high in the Alps, and wonders how they got there. He offers several clues, an important one of which is the theory of tectonics and continental drift. The promise of this intriguing beginning is spoiled by Timmons's conspicuously cute interpretations of the text, making it an unsatisfactory book for young dinosaur lovers and scientists. For example, where the author states, "Dinosaurs loved to play in the water," the accompanying drawings show them at the seashore--with bikini, inner tube, and summer reading ( Rex in Love ). One of the first pictures misses the mark entirely: Professor Curious is depicted with a magnifying glass when the text refers quite clearly to binoculars. Gil presents intriguing and current information that will be of interest to students studying continental drift, but the silly, anthropomorphic dinosaurs are more turn-off than enticement to learning. --Anna Biagioni Hart, Martha Washington Library, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherClarkson Potter
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0517581787
- ISBN 13 9780517581780
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Edition number1
- Number of pages24
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