Overview

Describes how the bones of a dinosaur became fossilized, were discovered by a paleontologist, and were ultimately displayed in a museum. Includes activity.

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Author:   Jacqui Bailey ,  Matthew Lilly
Publisher:   Capstone Press
Imprint:   Picture Window Books
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781404805651

ISBN 10:   1404805656
Pages:   31
Publication Date:   01 January 2004
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Matthew Lilly's simple yet bright and clear full-color illustrations bring to life Jacqui Bailey's educational Science Works series ($16.95 each), a series for grades 3-6 (ages 8-12) which combines fascinating fats with fun experiements any child can do. Monster Bones: The Story of a Dinosaur Fossil (1404805656, $16.95) tells the amazing tale of how the bones of a dinosaur buried under the ocean can be put back together again, while Sun Up, Sun Down: The Story of Day and Night (1404805672, $16.95) teaches young readers about planets, the moon, and the stars and how their motion in space causes an ordinary day to progress, as well as how-to instructions for making one's own sundial. An educational treasury of information for young people Science Works is firmly recommended for school and community science collections for young readers. The remaining two titles comprising the balance of this superbly presented series include A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of Water (1404805664, $16.95) and Charged Up: The Story of Electricity (1404805680, $16.95).-- The Midwest Book Review- Children's Bookwatch Picture Window Books' most attractive series yet is the comic-inspired Science Work line of nonfiction picture books on various elementary science subjects. Designed to instruct and inspire third through sixth grade students, they show how our everday world is full of stories about science through bright and funny scenarios. In Monster Bones: The St Picture Window Books' most attractive series yet is the comic-inspired Science Work line of nonfiction picture books on various elementary science subjects. Designed to instruct and inspire third through sixth grade students, the book uses comic layouts to show how our everday world is full of stories about science through bright and funny, comic-strip layouts. For instance, dinosaur fossils themselves make snappy comments in Monster Bones: The Story of a Dinosaur Fossil which depicts how a dinosaur was buried at the bottom of an ocean, then unravels the mystery of how its bones turned to stone, and how they got put back together again by dinosaur scientists working on a special museum display. Other titles in the series: Charged Up: The Story of Electricity, A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of Water, and Sun Up, Sun Down: The Story of Day and Night.-- The Midwest Book Review- Bookwatch These excellent science books explain their subjects lucidly and sometimes amusingly. In Bones, a Coelophysis misses its prey, crashes into a river, breaks its back, and drowns, although the skeleton keeps up a running commentary throughout the rest of the book, even when it is in pieces and stored on the shelf in a museum. From there, the author takes readers and the dinosaur step-by-step through fossilization, rock layering and upheaval, discovery by hikers of a fossil, the unearthing of other fossil bones by paleontologists, and ultimate classification, reconstruction, and exhibition in a museum. The second title guides readers through a day on Earth, clearly explaining the effect of Earth's rotation and orbit. Color cartoons, while less inspired than those in Joanna Cole's Magic School Bus series (Scholastic), keep the books lively and enticing, and children will be illuminated and engaged. End matter includes More Great Stuff to Know, Try It and See, and a small trivia section. A meta-Web site, FactHound.com, crawls the Web for sites related to the topics and vets them and makes sure the links work. First choices for any collection.-- School Library Journal

"Matthew Lilly's simple yet bright and clear full-color illustrations bring to life Jacqui Bailey's educational Science Works series ($16.95 each), a series for grades 3-6 (ages 8-12) which combines fascinating fats with fun experiements any child can do. Monster Bones: The Story of a Dinosaur Fossil (1404805656, $16.95) tells the amazing tale of how the bones of a dinosaur buried under the ocean can be put back together again, while Sun Up, Sun Down: The Story of Day and Night (1404805672, $16.95) teaches young readers about planets, the moon, and the stars and how their motion in space causes an ordinary day to progress, as well as how-to instructions for making one's own sundial. An educational treasury of information for young people Science Works is firmly recommended for school and community science collections for young readers. The remaining two titles comprising the balance of this superbly presented series include A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of Water (1404805664, $16.95) and Charged Up: The Story of Electricity (1404805680, $16.95).-- ""The Midwest Book Review- Children's Bookwatch"" Picture Window Books' most attractive series yet is the comic-inspired Science Work line of nonfiction picture books on various elementary science subjects. Designed to instruct and inspire third through sixth grade students, they show how our everday world is full of stories about science through bright and funny scenarios. In Monster Bones: The St Picture Window Books' most attractive series yet is the comic-inspired Science Work line of nonfiction picture books on various elementary science subjects. Designed to instruct and inspire third through sixth grade students, the book uses comic layouts to show how our everday world is full of stories about science through bright and funny, comic-strip layouts. For instance, dinosaur fossils themselves make snappy comments in Monster Bones: The Story of a Dinosaur Fossil which depicts how a dinosaur was buried at the bottom of an ocean, then unravels the mystery of how its bones turned to stone, and how they got put back together again by dinosaur scientists working on a special museum display. Other titles in the series: Charged Up: The Story of Electricity, A Drop in the Ocean: The Story of Water, and Sun Up, Sun Down: The Story of Day and Night.-- ""The Midwest Book Review- Bookwatch"" These excellent science books explain their subjects lucidly and sometimes amusingly. In Bones, a Coelophysis misses its prey, crashes into a river, breaks its back, and drowns, although the skeleton keeps up a running commentary throughout the rest of the book, even when it is in pieces and stored on the shelf in a museum. From there, the author takes readers and the dinosaur step-by-step through fossilization, rock layering and upheaval, discovery by hikers of a fossil, the unearthing of other fossil bones by paleontologists, and ultimate classification, reconstruction, and exhibition in a museum. The second title guides readers through a day on Earth, clearly explaining the effect of Earth's rotation and orbit. Color cartoons, while less inspired than those in Joanna Cole's ""Magic School Bus"" series (Scholastic), keep the books lively and enticing, and children will be illuminated and engaged. End matter includes ""More Great Stuff to Know,"" ""Try It and See,"" and a small trivia section. A meta-Web site, FactHound.com, crawls the Web for sites related to the topics and vets them and makes sure the links work. First choices for any collection.-- ""School Library Journal"""

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