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Dinosaurs are extinct now, but you can visit dinosaur skeletons in a museum. There you will meet Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Diplodocus and learn how they ruled the earth millions of years ago. You'll see dinosaurs with over 1,000 teeth, dinosaurs who could swim, meat-eaters and plant-eaters. And, of course, you'll meet the king of all dinosaurs, the gigantic Tyrannosaurus rex.
My Visit to the Dinosaurs ANNOTATION A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.
FROM THE PUBLISHER Millions of years ago dinosaurs roamed the earth. There was Brachiosaurus and Allosaurus, Stagosaurus and Triceratops. But greatest of all was Tyrannosaurus rex, king of dinosaurs. Some of these dinosaurs were meat eaters, others ate plants. Some dinosaurs could swim, some lived on land. Larn all about dinosaurs on this exciting trip to a museum. Aliki's lively, informative words and inimitable full-color drawings make these long-extinct animals come alive again.
FROM THE CRITICS Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin Save old editions when you update primary-grade dinosaur collections with Aliki's revised Fossils Tell Of Long Ago, My Visit To The Dinosaurs, and Digging Up Dinosaurs. Have children compare old to new, discover the changes, and discuss why they think those changes took place. My Visit to the Dinosaurs offers an introduction to these extinct creatures via a tour through a museum exhibit. 1994 (orig.
School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2 Like the original edition, this book introduces young children to dinosaurs through a visit to a natural history museum. The simple text explains how paleontologists discovered dinosaur bones and reconstructed the reptiles' skeletons from their fossilized remains. Also included are brief descriptions of the more well-known dinosaurs, accompanied by full-color illustrations of the creatures as they once appeared. The text of this edition varies little from that of the earlier book. It's the new illustrations that make this revision worth purchasing; Aliki's clear, full-color pictures provide just enough detail to maintain young children's interest without confusing them. Similar in content to Parish's Dinosaur Time (Harper, 1974) and Milton's Dinosaur Days (Random, 1985), Aliki's book is slanted more toward a young listening audience rather than beginning readers. Along with Aliki's Digging Up Dinosaurs (1981) and Fossils Tell of Long Ago (1972, both Crowell), this book gives preschoolers an excellent introduction to paleontology and to the giant reptiles of long ago. Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
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