What's Older Than a Giant Tortoise? (Wells of Knowledge Science Series) - Softcover

Wells, Robert E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807588326 ISBN 13: 9780807588321

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2004

Synopsis

If medals were awarded to animals for living a long time, then a giant tortoise would certainly win one. Some giant tortoises have lived for more than 150 years! Still, there are things on this planet much older than giant tortoises. Some of the giant sequoia trees that grow in California would be more than 3,000 years old. But the trees aren't that old compared to the Barringer Crater in Arizona―that was made about 49,000 years ago. And it's almost impossible to imagine that 65 million years ago, the T. Rex dinosaur roamed this planet―but we have the skeletons to prove it!

About this title

About the Author

Robert E. Wells is the author and illustrator of many award-winning science books for children, including Can You Count to a Googol? and Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?. He lives with his wife in Washington.

From the Inside Flap

Some giant tortoises have lived for more than 150 years! Some of the giant sequoia trees that grow in California would be more than 3,000 years old. This book compares the age of some things on Earth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807588326
• ISBN 13: 9780807588321
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Wells Robert E.
• Number of pages: 32