Dinosaur Mountain: Graveyard of the Past (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Richard R Hewett (Photographer) "High on a mountain ridge in eastern Utah, a scientist chisels into a sandstone cliff..." (more)
Key Phrases: dinosaur quarry, quarry wall, fossil bones, Dinosaur National Monument, Carnegie Museum, Morrison Formation (more...)

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Grade 4-6-- Dinosaur National Monument in Utah was created to protect the dinosaur fossil sites discovered by Earl Douglass. Although Douglass did most of his digging in the early 1900s, the site is still being excavated. Dinosaur Mountain takes readers for a visit to this bone quarry, introduces them to many of the dinosaurs found there, and explains the history of the site. The information is current and makes the book useful beyond its coverage of the monument. The color photographs of the digs are exquisite as well as unique, for children's books on dinosaurs tend to emphasize the creatures, not their remains. This appealing volume will be used for reports, and by children curious to know more about these prehistoric beasts. --Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
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"This unique contribution to dinosaur collections will spark anew a sense of wonder about a subject that appears to have a never-ending wealth of secrets to be discovered." -- Review

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Clarion Books (April 23, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899196934
• ISBN-13: 978-0899196930
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #530,734 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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