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Digging Up Dinosaurs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

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I am six years old and in second grade. I needed a book for my report on Apatasaurus. This book was just perfect. I had to have 5 sources for my report, and this book was my favorite. I have a few other books on Dinosaurs from this author too. I like the way he writes. Thanks for your help with all the good information.

I just thought this book was flat-out funny, for kids and adults. Although most of the humor is in the pictures, there's a little bit mixed in with the text as well.

Before reading this book, I didn't know that most dinosaur skeletons in museums were actually copies of real-life skeletons. But when you think about it, it makes sense. I mean, how many complete authentic T-rex skeletons are out there? Not too many. Got to have copies if you want people to see skeletons.

I kept looking for the author's last name in this book but never found it.

And you know, I always thought I'd be a paleontologist when I was a kid, and even though I don't want to be one anymore, it's still fun to read great stuff like this.

I grew up with the 1981 edition and I was thrilled when my parents brought it out for my kids. The clear and precise text has a nice flow that is better-suited to reading aloud than most science books. The pictures are humorous and include plenty of women paleontologists, making the 1981 book more modern in that respect at least than many of my sons' newer dino books. But it is special because, among the oodles of kids' dinosaur books out there, this is the one that puts it all into context for me, from the thrill of first Dinosaur discoveries of the mid 1800s ("What finds these were! People crowded into museums to see them...") to how scientists really do have to make educated guesses about how all those bones fit together. I'm delighted to see this still in print.

This is an enjoyable and suitably simple introduction for 6-7 year old children to the topics of dinosaurs and fossils. My class are really enjoying the book and talking about the scenarios and facts!

I was looking for a book for a 6-year-old that explained excavation of dinosaur bones. This book covers too much material very superficially and short-changes the excavation process.