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Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction
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Laurence Pringle has written 108 books for young readers, many of them award-winning science titles. He is the recipient of three major awards for his body of work-the Eva L. Gordon Award for Children's Science Literature, the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He lives in West Nyack, New York-a few miles from Rockland Lake, once "the ice box of New York City."
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Grade 1-3?Dramatic illustrations and a simple, direct narrative introduce a few of the dinosaurs that once roamed the earth. Meat-eating and plant-eating species are represented, both large and small, with a brief description of their physical characteristics. The meaning of scientific names and phonetic pronunciations within the text are helpful, and the work and findings of paleontologists are explained. Some recent theories regarding parenting behavior, hunting, and defense techniques are included. Heyer's illustrations create a feeling of another age. Dinosaurs are shown against somber natural backgrounds, similar to those found in Patricia Lauber's The News About Dinosaurs (Bradbury, 1989). These dark scenes allow a variety of colors and patterns of the dinosaurs' skin to stand out, reflecting the viewpoint that their coloration may have been similar to that of present-day reptiles. Closeups of a few creatures are provided, with an especially fierce Tyrannosaurus. The captions are inconsistent; some dinosaurs are clearly labeled while others are mentioned only in the text. There is no index, but the open format and large-print text is for pleasure reading rather than for reports. Seymour Simon's New Questions & Answers About Dinosaurs (Morrow, 1990), Lauber's book, and many other sources have more comprehensive information for those wanting to delve further into this ever-popular subject.?Diane Nunn, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, Glen Rock, NJ
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- PublisherBoyds Mills Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1878093169
- ISBN 13 9781878093165
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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