Dinosaur Time (I Can Read Level 1)

by Peggy Parish

Other authorsArnold Lobel (Illustrator)

Paperback, 1900

Status

Available

Call number

567.91

Genres

All Topics

Nonfiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

HarperCollins Publishers (1900), Edition: Reprint, 32 pages

Description

An easy-to-read introduction to eleven different dinosaurs--their size, their diet, the pronunciation of their names, and their distinctive characteristics.

User reviews

LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary

This is a very simple introduction to dinosaurs that profiles the big names in a simple way.

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LibraryThing member lcisabell

Dinosaur Time is a wonderful "I can read" level 1 book that Pre K to first graders would enjoy. It gives lots and lots of information about dinosaurs including how to pronounce the names of various dinosaurs for example a Pentaceratops ( pen-tuh-SARE-ah-tops), as well what they like to eat.

LibraryThing member benuathanasia

Very simple and repetitive. Good for veerrryyy low readers. Some of the information made me laugh (brontosaurus is no longer called brontosaurus and was ruled to more accurately be called the apatosaurus in 1903/04, the brachiosaurus was most likely not a water dweller - I'm just grateful they

didn't call any plesiosaurs or pterasaurs dinosaurs), but at least it didn't cling to all the iconic species and introduced some rather obscure species (pentaceratops, teratosaurus and some others).

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LibraryThing member satyridae

I loved the pronunciation guide. That is this book's strength. The problem with it is that it's dated- we've learned rather a lot about dinosaurs and their extinction since 1974. It was fun to read with a five year old dino maven-

I read "Dinosaurs lived everywhere for a long time. Then they died.

Nobody knows why."

Then I asked him if he thought this was true, and he was delighted to explain the meteor to me. In the hands of a dinosaur-savvy person, this is a good exploration of how knowledge changes over time.

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