Dinosaur Books

All I can say about this book is "Bo-o-oring! After wonderful and lavishly illustrated dinosaur books of Yollen, this one (we took it in a library) is very disappointing. My daughter didn't like it, and neither did I. Maybe it's appealing to very young toddlers that still learn their colors, but it's sort of blah for my 22-month old.

What a fun introduction to the world of dinosaurs! And yet with plenty of information to challenge the most avid dinosaur fans--in fact, this is a handy resource for anyone. If nothing else, Barton's crayon-box colors are addicting.

This has been my son's favorite book since he was about 8 months old. I was suprised how well he took to it as such an early age. He is now almost 14 months and still can't get enough of it. It is the one book he will look around for and really insist on having at his high chair during meal times. Agree completely with the other reviewers who mentioned how fun it was to make the dinosaur noises and that the "long sharp claws, long sharp teeth" part is especially fascinating for the child. Even when i don't have the book handy, just by saying the opening lines...a long time ago...there were DINOSAURS -- brings a delighted smile to his face every time.

He also enjoys "My Car" by the same author although that book is not as simple (i.e., talks about car needing oil change, obeying traffic laws, etc.).

Excellent book for the young dinosaur fan. Good drawings, informative writing, and definitely keeps the attention of my most active grandchild (age 3)!

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Jack Horner is one of the most important - if not THE most important - living paleontologists in the world. What a treat that he is such a great and prolific writer, too! Dr. Horner combines a laconic, easy-going humor with clear explanations of complex scientific concepts and facts. He is extremely easy to read without ever being pandering. I read this book with my seven-year old son; he and I were able to comprehend virtually everything Dr. Horner discussed. There is so much information packed into this book that we've re-read parts of it several times now.
Dr. Horner does not simply describe the dinosaurs of Montana; far from it. He also discusses all aspects of paleontological work, including geology, stratigraphy and how to approach a dig. This gives the reader a clear idea of what happens in the field. Additionally, Dr. Horner is a global, wide-ranging thinker, who makes many and subtle connections to reach his conclusions. It's fascinating to have this glimpse into his brain through this book. Dr. Horner himself stated that this is the book he wished HE had had when he was starting out as a dinosaur hunter. Indeed, he's done all of us dinosaur and fossil aficionados a great favor by writing it for laypeople.
I recommend this book for people whose interest in dinosaurs and paleontology rise above the "gee whiz" level and who are fascinated by the science of paleontology.

This book was OK for those who live in Montana. It seemed disjointed and incomplete. I would have liked more illustrations and MANY more examples of the fossils you could find. Some of his theories don't seem to have a lot of scientific support. (T-Rex being a scavenger, etc.)

I LIKED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT GAVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT DINOSAURS.

Dinosuars/Big Sky is well written and excellently illustrated. It provides a basic history of bone hunting in Montana and a "how-to" of conducting field research. It also discusses the various geologic formations of the Mesozoic in Montana. All of this is illustrated with appropriate graphics and period and contemporary photos. As is the case with most well-written dino books of the past decade, Horner also discusses the paleo-environmental information that the geologic data provide - how paleontologists know in what setting the various dinos lived. An appendix clarifies some of the sometimes confusing anatomical terms that are used when discussing dino skeletons.
Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, at 60 pages the longest, discuss where Montana's Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous geologic formations are found and the dinos that have been found in them. It is arguable that the info on the geologic formations could have been better placed with the dinos rather than separately.
The only weak part of Dinosaurs/Big Sky lies in a couple of erratic metric to imperial measurement conversions and the pronunciations given with the descriptions of each dinosaur.
Paleontologists are not experts on classical or church Latin pronunciation or the vagaries of classical Greek pronunciation, and most paleontologists end up pronouncing the dinos' names with much inflection from their native languages, but Horner or his editor have not managed to be consistent from one page to the next in this section. Some pronunciations are incorrect by any standard. Richardoestesia gilmorei, for example, twice has its genus name butchered - both wrong.
All in all, this is an excellent introductory to mid-level book for anyone interested in North American dinosaurs and how professionals do field work.

I LIKED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT GAVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT DINOSAURS.

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In this traditional British mystery a group of elderly American tourists are on a bus tour in Oxford. It turns out that the travelers have more than their share of secrets. When an accidental death and a murder occur, Inspector Morse suspects that events in the pasts of some of these tourists and their guides are playing a part in present events. (We don't learn Morse's first name until the final book in this fine series.)
Dexter's books have a sly, malicious sense of humor and much is said in a tongue in cheek fashion. Morse is a lot of fun for the reader. He's not a happy man, but he is a bright bachelor able to bounce back from adversity as long as he has his booze, his crossword puzzles, his classical music, and an infrequent roll in the hay. He is not willing to take any blame for swallowing all those red herrings put out for him and the reader.
The final unraveling of the plot is very complicated, defies common sense and is more ingenious than credible and leaves you wondering if you haven't been taken for a bus ride yourself.
As in the classic British mystery this book even has all the suspects gathered together in a meeting with the police inspector ticking off the facts of the case and pointing to the murderer. Readers will learn the title has two meanings. Inspector Morse is a brilliant detective whose bursts of insight sometimes send his investigations off in the wrong direction and sometimes lead to the arrests of innocents. Exculpatory evidence often turns up to prove that he's been too hasty. For these errors he is unapologetic and good at ignoring his mistakes. Sergeant Lewis in this Colin Dexter outing fawns over his boss a great deal and is all to ready to overlook his superior's miscues.
The book provides an interesting overview of Oxford and some of its oddities. With this mystery in hand, just hop aboard the bus, have fun, and go along for the ride. You'll have fun as long as you don't object to a supposedly logical man's logic going off track at times.
Nine Lives Too Many
The Daemon in Our Dreams
The Rice Queen Spy
Clawed Back from the Dead

This review serves the simple purpose of alerting fans of the television series on the significant changes made by the author in the novel to the plot as seen on television. I refuse to give any of these changes away, nor any of the story details, as I detest most Amazon mystery reviewers(not all) as blabbermouthed nincompoops, who call to mind the asinine rabbi on Seinfeld who can't keep a confidence, but insists on blurting out personal information to everyone he meets. A mystery just isn't your average novel - imagine someone describing the ending of the Orient Express in a review? I've actually seen just that! Yet even small touches at the beginning of a great mystery can be spoiled by a clumsy review. With mystery reviews "Less definitely is more!" And To quote Ninotchka, "There will be fewer but better Russians," - let the bodies pile up by themselves in their own good time. Respect not only the dead but the author's efforts at creating surprise! Let a reader enjoy discovering ALL the story.
The Jewel That Was Ours trots out a regular steeplechase of suspects, with more various and far more complex interactives than anything possible within the confines of the time constraints the tv show faced. I prefer this version of the story, and disagree with the Kirkus reviewer who seems to find this rather stale beer, as Morse would put it.
I also don't agree with complaints about lack of character development -there's certainly far more here when compared to the television version. Fans of highly complicated plots should have a field day here.
In sum: quite different and far more complicated than the television version titled "The Wolvercote Tongue" - so there's no worry of 'already knowing how it turns out.'
Note to author - as if he hasn't heard it a thousand times - The American battleship South Dakota was sold for scrap in 1962. Next time, Colin, consult Janes.

In this book we see a death by natural causes, a suicide, a death by a road accident, and one death by murder. Morse and his wonderful Lewis are left to solve the puzzle which also includes a theft of a very valuable piece of jewellery. I can't stress enough how wonderful this series is! Dexter is a very gifted writer, and the puzzles that he sets are masterpieces. He is a master storyteller who sets a perfect pace and he crafts wonderful characters. I really enjoy seeing these done on film with John Thaw as Morse, but reading the books is really the way to really appreciate the intricacies of each of these books. I'm only sorry that I have only four left to read until the end of the series.

One of the best books, but I had a little problem keeping track of all the Americans. It was, however, nice, in a way, to read the case taking place in one area, more... Agatha Christie-like; Sort of confided to on place, instead of scattered all over the place.
In closing: It's a good book! Definitely worth reading! Great characters, good ending! Read it!

Featuring a large assortment of characters, most of them Americans on a tour of England, the ninth Inspector Morse mystery is heavy on details and complications and more difficult to follow than most other mysteries in this series. Laura Stratton is on the trip to donate the priceless, bejeweled Wolvercote Tongue to the Ashmolean Museum, which already has the ancient Wolvercote Buckle to which it belongs. Laura's death in her bathroom, the theft of the treasure, the subsequent murder of museum curator Dr. Theodore Kemp, a suicide, and a pedestrian accident in which a woman on the tour is run down by a car provide more than enough turmoil and mystery to keep Inspector Morse, his trusty Sgt. Lewis, and the local police force busy, full-time.

Morse must decide whether these events are all related and, if they are, if one person is responsible for all the mayhem. Because of the large cast of characters, there is little opportunity for individual character development, making it more difficult than usual to keep track of the many characters. In addition, some of the tourists, tour agency employees, and Oxford lecturers are having relationships with each other, further complicating the stories. All the characters have alibis. Many will vouch for each other, and those who appear guilty of some parts of a crime could not possibly have committed other parts of the same crime.

As Morse becomes frustrated by the complexities, many readers will also become frustrated--with the undeveloped characters, the red herrings, and lack of linear progression in the cases. In the conclusion, Morse draws the tour group together and outlines his case, step by step, telling them (and the reader)about what has happened, instead of showing the action while it is happening. Though Morse solves the case(s), the author keeps the reader at arm's length and prevents him/her from being part of the excitement as the mysteries are solved.

Because the development of Morse's character and relationship with Lewis, usually a high point in these novels, is sacrificed to the complexities of the cases, readers new to the series will gain little understanding of these two men and how they work together and apart. One of the most complex novels in the Inspector Morse series, The Jewel That Was Ours is filled with a large number of seemingly interchangeable characters, all of whom have unlimited potential for evil in a plot overly filled with red herrings. n Mary Whipple

Julia Creath-Summerwaite has many memories of her beloved, deceased brother, Daniel. The more exciting ones include dinosaurs, murder, a psychic, and a villain she was determined to keep away. Now Julia is 80 years old. Everyone from those Nebraska days was gone. All she has left are memories.
While wandering through the National History Museum with her grandchildren, Julia recounts her adventures. She tells the children about Daniel's dream: to find a fossilized dinosaur and save the farm. Julia had the same dream. But only she would see it completed.
Julia takes them to the result of Daniel and her struggles. Here, she feels as if Daniel is with her again. She becomes that Nebraska farm girl once again.
Pam Conrad did a good job writing the book and connecting the memories with the present. The recollections keep you reading. I thought the stories were enticing. However, while still good, I did not find this to be an extraordinary book to read.

If you're fond of pioneer stories, be warned. This is not "Little House on the Prairie." In fact it's not a pioneer story at all, but a book about death, dying, the agony of grief, the bittersweet comfort of memories, and the importance of family ties. Given most publishers' current mania for hitting kids between the eyes with mature issues, they've succeeded here. Perhaps one day they'll again realize that kids want to escape reality with excitement, mystery, and adventure, not be bombarded with mature themes, or complex social issues. Espeically irritating were the jumps between modern and olden times so frequently that the reader was never drawn into either period. No sense of atmosphere was evident.

I had to read it twice to get it because it switches back and forth from present to past. It's a brilliant story; one that reaches out to you. It's one of those books where you say you will only read 2 chapters and save the rest for tomorrow and you ending reading the rest of the book. I think this would make a great movie.

This was my favorite childhood book. It inspired me to want to become a paleontologist. I find the study of dinosaurs fascinating. I am now 18 and just re-read it recently. I was just as intrigued with it now as when I was an 8-year-old child. A beautiful book that everyone should read.

Julis Creath, now Julia Summerwaite, is taking her grandchildren through a history museum when she remembers her young life when her brother was alive. Julia tells the story to her grandchildren of when her brother got dinoasaur bone finding fever. I really like this book. It leads you from one page to another, not even realizing you're turning the page. Daniel, Julis's brother, finds dinoasaur bones, but has trouble with a greedy paleontologist that is trying to take the bones for himself. During the commotion Daniel gets hit by lighting and is killed. Then Daniel's pa takes over. Julia also has a little something to show her grandchildren in the museum.

We have a copy of this book, c. 2003, and it is coming apart badly. The pages are falling out. They are too heavy for the binding. It would be wonderful if it was published in Library Binding. We want to order a new copy but I can't see ordering the same binding again as the same thing will happen. It has circulated 43 times since our purchase in Feb. 2004. I can't imagine that the paperback copy would be better. Do you think it is possible it will be republished in Library Binding? Sincerely Jean Shaw, Children's Librarian, Caribou Public Library, Caribou, Maine 04736

The 'Book Fair' was at my school, when I bought this book. I read a couple of entries and I couldn't stop reading. The only thing I wish they could add to the book is more Illustrations. The print is average size, I guess, and another thing that bothered me was that, it covers almost all the dinosaurs. I was watching a progarm on dinosaurs, and I was trying to look up the dinosaurs but couldn't find them. I reccomend this book for "Dinosaur Lovers" 7-20 of age.

I purchased this for my daughter when she was 4. For the past year since then it has been an invaluable resource. If we want more information about a particular dinosaur--how to pronounce its name, where it's fossils have been found, how big it was, etc., we can go to this reliable source for the answer. She also likes me to simply read it to her. The text is very engaging with lots of interesting facts related to dinosaur research and discovery.

We wanted a real educational book about dinosaurs for our son and this was perfect. He will be able to research any kind of dinosaur he can think of. The book is very comprehensive and the picture are wonderful. It is a must have for anyone interested in dinosaurs.

I purchased this book because it had been given 5 stars, but I wish I could have looked inside at the pages beforehand. With 700 entries, one would think this book would have a huge number of accompanying illustrations. But no. For every 7-10 entries, you get a mere one full page picture and sometimes a rather small picture or two. As I read each entry, I had no idea of what most of these dinosaurs even looked like, aside from knowing what general group it belonged to. It left me wishing I had bought a different dinosaur encyclopedia.

this book looks fine to me, but somehow, my daughter does not have any interest in it, although she likes to read

Barney shapes book is perfect for toddlers. It has really helped my toddler to learn her shapes.

This is an excellent book! My 2 year old learned all his shapes after I read this book to him a few times. He is a quick learner, but overall I am pleased with the colorful pages and pictures. After reading this book and learning his shapes I hear him pointing to objects that represents the shapes and saying "circle...square...oval" I'm so glad I purchased this book! It's great quality so it'll last a long time!

My 2-year-old son reads this book over and over. While the rhymes are pretty simple and don't seem very educational, the pictures of the shapes are very colorful and clear. He really seems to be learning from this book!

My daughter just loves Barney and this book has been great in helping her learn her shapes. Shes almost two and can recognize and say all her shapes.

The book lays out many key features of the museum and how the artifacts were acquired. It has some black & white photos showing key facets of the museum's history as described in the book. The narrative is written in a novel-like way adding to the reading enjoyment.

More than a book about a museum, Dinosaurs in the Attic is a survey of the last two centuries' at times predatory and rapacious drive to collect. I read this book years ago, and am still recommending it to people as one of the most interesting and enjoyable books I've ever read. The story telling is marvelous and the insights about the museum fascinating.

You wouldn't think of museums as providing the stuff for comedians, but I can see not enough people know about what actually goes on in these collosal monuments to human curiosity!
I came to this book by way of mystery writers (Preston and Child--Relic and Fairchild---The Bone Vault). So thanks guys for recommending this nonfiction read! Almost as quickly read as my mysteries.

The need for so many people to collect items, animals and even humans (would someone please stomp on Admiral Peary's grave for a while)! Geez. You wouldn't think people would be so obtuse as to not realize that living, breathing human beings do not belong in museums as specimens of a tribe or culture we do not know. But obviously the wealthy who often did the collecting, or those 'explorers' who put fame and glory above compassion had a problem with understanding basic human rights. And yes, if tribes ask for their ancestors back, the bones should be returned and buried. How would we all feel if someone went and dug up our grandparents and put their skeletons on display without concern for our need to respect them? You don't see museum guys going to dig up white American or English cemetary plots, do you?

Okay, off the soapbox. A fun read, well-written, well-researched. Preston went on to write several books using the museums as a somewhat creepy place, and frankly after reading this and other books, I don't think I'd want to be locked in the American Museum of Natural History. Pretty sure I'd freak out...too much past with too many ghosts attached to it. Besides, this place sounds like a mausoleum. Having just returned from visiting the Mutter Medical Museum in Philly with its assortment of bones, oddly shaped fetuses and a variety of other things like hands floating in some type of suspension fluid showing small pox at its worse...yikes, I don't know how much of this stuff I could take, and I took medical classes in the Morgue!

The history of the museum is fascinating...the fact that we are able to see so little of this makes me yearn to do exploring down in the 'tombs' and hallways in the presence of company and full daylight, thank you.

Karen Sadler,
Science Education,
University of Pittsburgh

The book is filled with all the unheard stories of the founding, and running of the museum. Also tales about the explorers, collectors, thieves and hunters that made this museum what is today. It holds all their dirty little secrets, their untold exploits, their skeletons in the closets. It is a completely entertaining and enlightening book.

This is a classic. Anyone who has ever visited the AMNH or plans to will want to read this book. It's a gem.

Dragon Seekers is a well-written and informative account of the times and main figures around the founding of palaeontology as a science in Britain, from the early 19th century, until the publishing of The Origin of Species. It covers the discoveries of the first dinosaur fossils, such as Megalosaurs, Ichthyosaurus, and Plesiosaurus and the politics of displacing the contemporary creation theory that was accepted as the truth at the time.

McGowan covers the story of the dragon seekers impartially, even in the case of some of the more dubious individuals. He has researched the book well. The bibliography is most helpful. The book includes a small number of illustrations. I feel that a few more could have been included.

I enjoyed reading this book, finding it engaging and easy to read. I strongly recommend Dragon Seekers to people who have an interest in science history or palaeontology.

The stories of the early "fossilists" and how they interacted with each other in 19th century Britian. Perhaps in a bit more detail sometimes than needed but overall a very good book. Mary Anning,her Icthyosaurs and the men who took advantage of her to make their own names are prominent.
Especially interesting is the story of Richard Owen, the brilliant anatomist, heir to Cuvier himself, the man who named "Dinosauria," a staunch conservative and ardent fundamentalist, who unwittingly was seminal to Darwin forming many of his most important conclusions on species origins and evolution! Darwin knew what was coming and kept his mouth shut until "On the Origins..." was done!!
McGowan writes well and keeps it moving. Not five stars because the story could have used a little humor.

Christopher McGowan's 'The Dragon Seekers' is an extremely well written and easy to read book about the first discoveries of Dinosaurs. Although the stories of the 'fearful lizards' and of the men (and woman) who discovered them is interesting, the history of evolutionary ideas within is the best part.

The large cast of characters here includes an eccentric but brilliant academic (William Buckland), a scoundrel fossil collector (Thomas Hawkins), a distinguished anatomist (Richard Owen) and a working class woman, deprived of her rightful status because of Victorian social conservatism (Mary Anning).

With the increasing number of fossils discovered, and the increase in knowledge in other areas, Modern science was wrestling itself out of religious dogma, and the arguments about it are the core of this book.

Among the chief arguments at the time was whether the global, Noachian Flood existed, or not. Great disputes about these question took place, between supporters and the so called anti-Diluvians, who opposed it .

An even greater controversy was the one surrounding evolution ('transmutation' in the vernacular). Transmutationism was a bona fide heresy, and when the young Charles Darwin enters McGowan's narrative, he has to hide his views from Richard Owen, a great scientist who coined the very term 'Dinosaur', but whose opposition to transmutation was well known.

One of the major advantages of this book is the way in which it can forgive the scientists for their errors. Although McGowan clearly points out the mistakes, and how the likes of Owen, Buckland and Charles Lyell (who was a major influence, and a confident, of Darwin's) allowed their pre conceived notions to deter them from reaching the truth, he discusses how it is that science advances despite these failures. The errors and pre-conceived notions of individuals can hinder science, but the setbacks are merely temporary, and these scientists, for all their errors, held lay down the ground for Darwin's breathtaking insights.

My one greatest regret for this book is that it does not include the reaction of the surviving 'dragon seekers' to Darwin's 'The Origin of Species'. Richard Owen's responses, especially, would have been very interesting, and would have made an interesting summation for the book.

Instead, McGowan chooses to dedicate his conclusion to today's collectors, the followers of Mary Anning's. It is both interesting and moving, as McGowan has studies fossils discovered in the very beaches were the Anning and co. have worked. So modern paleontologists, too, depend upon the newest generation of dragon seekers

As other reviewers have said, "The Dragon Seekers" is a very good read. For one thing, it helps us see the men and women who laid down the foundation for our current understanding of the Mesozoic world in the light of their own time and place. Mary Anning is seen as both the curious self-taught person she was and the commercial collector that she had to be to make a living. Richard Owen, who later tarnished his reputation as the heavy in the struggle against Darwin's theories, is seen here as a brilliant young anatomist who was right more often than wrong. The other actors in the drama, Mantell (who was a social reformer as well as scientist,) the quirky Buckland and aggressive Hawkins, as well as lesser players like De la Beche and Conybeare are shown with all the strengths and weaknesses of their very human nature.

Indeed, one impression that one immediately gets from McGowan's book is that it is not wise to dismiss the contributions of scientists who may turn out to be spectacularly wrong about something else. Darwin himself misinterpreted the Glen Roy terraces and Agassiz (who was wrong about evolution) was in this case right in his glacial interpretation. Lamark is known for the failure of his inheritance of acquired characteristics theory but is seldom given credit for his brilliant remake of invertebrate classification. In truth, science probably progresses as much or more by the work of its "lesser" practitioners, as by a fictitious few geniuses who are always right. The sciences are plagued by all the human failings that other professions are and even the "best" scientist may be gloriously mistaken, while the "worst" may come up with an important breakthrough. McGowan has presented us here with a more balanced view of these seekers after knowledge and I think we may be the better for it.

Read "The Dragon Seekers" if you wish to understand how science often really works and the history of true dawn of vertebrate paleontology.

Although not a polished historian or biographer, McGowan (a Canadian paleobiologist) has produced an enjoyable and breezy read on the foundations of modern paleontology and evolution. Imagine the excitement surrounding the first dinosaur finds! It's here. McGowan's emphasis is on the diverse personalities of the "fossilists" (a term I'd never encountered before). The timeline in the text is a little disorganized at times, but then McGowan is juggling quite a number of people across half the 19th century, and what an entertaining bunch they are: Catastrophe Cuvier, Diluvium Buckland, Uniformity Lyell, Iguana Mantell, Faker Hawkins, Deferential Darwin, and first of all Mary Anning. Perhaps their fascinating diversity is due in part to the diversity of education (or lack) described here, in a day before universal education on the Prussian industrial model. McGowan also supplies sufficient description of the fossils themselves to recognize the basic issues in the flaming debates that arose.

Contemporary illustrations are many, varied and useful, many showing the actual original finds, as well as the fossilists. But how can a book on a geological science fail to have a single map? While I'm sure villages like Walton or Street are perfectly familiar to English folk, a map of towns and fossil locales would really help the rest of us. And there's no chronogical chart of the main geological strata mentioned (or see Winchester's The Map That Changed the World). And maybe a gallery of modern versions of the dinosaurs discussed here (no T-Rex, incidentally) would be in order. A selection of the "satirical cartoons" of De la Beche, only mentioned by McGowan, would be intriguing. But I'm just picking nits with a charming book. McGowan adds a personal final chapter, recounting the thrills of responsible modern fossiling in the mecca of Lyme Regis. Source notes, credits, and an index are included.

This is by far the worst book in my children's library. The illustrations aren't badly done, but the writing is poor, makes little sense and fails to convey any sense of fun or entertainment. The rhymes are forced and the premise is unfathomable. Honestly, I'm not sure how this book got published. Mr. Carter should thank his lucky stars. This book was given to us as a gift, if my son hadn't accidently ripped one of the pop-ups right away, we would have returned it.

A dinosaur with a potato for a nose? Why is a dinosaur covered in ink? This book was written without imagination and reveals a complete lack of writing talent on the part of the "author." He may be a good illustrator, but his editor needs to team him up with some one who can write meaningful, intelligent, fun words to go with his illustrations.

I could not have been more disappointed!

There are hundreds of pop-up dinosaur books on Amazon. Do youself a favor and stay away from this one.

My son and I love this book! He's only 4 months old and will sit all the way through me reading this to him without getting squirmy like he does with other books. He even anticipates me pulling the tab to wag the yellow stegosaurus's tail by holding out both of his arms and squealing. Highly recommended!

Pop Ups are always so expenseive but this one was reasonable and I bought it for my nephew for Christmas. he is 2 1/2 and LOVESSSSSSSSSSSSS it. Great Buy.

this book has all the surprising elements of sophisticated pop ups with overall graphics and story simple and inviting for the pre reading youngster who is looking with an adult.

This is the perfect book for your little dinosaur lover. The pictures are big and colorfull. The picture are cute and great fro any age. If you like the pictures in Dinosaur Roar you will like this book as well

Mary Anning was born to a poor family and grew up on Great Britain's southern shores. Her cabinetmaker father helped support his family by finding and selling fossils from the Jurassic period which were abundant in that area. He died when Mary was only eleven, but she'd learned his fossil finding skills. Mary is credited with finding the first ichthyosaur fossils when she was eleven year old. This book, by Don Brown, as wonderful as the others he's done about amazing women, shows young readers Mary's childhood and the hardships she had to rise above. It's a perfect book for any dinosaur loving child. After all, they should know how we know about the great beasts that roamed the earth so long ago.

Like Mr. Brown's other books, this is written for a child a bit older than my son's almost three years, but we, Devon and I, go over this book a lot and when he is reading, and the good Lord willing, that won't be too much longer. This is one of the books he's going to be reading. If you've got a young child and you want to open the world of reading to him or her, you cannot go wrong with a book written and illustrated by Don Brown.

Jack Priest, Dad in Training

I have used this book (and others by Don Brown) to support a "Famous People" unit I teach in my 2nd grade classroom. I love the illustrations in this book and the inspiring and interesting text. This book would be especially (but certainly not exclusively) appealing for children interested in prehistoric times.

My 4 year old son and 6 year old daughter just love the book. It's a great inspiration.

This is an inspirational story beautifully told. Kids will love the story brought to life with Don Brown's luminous illustrations. My 4-year old dinosaur-crazed nephew loves this story and the pictures as much as his older sisters. Another excellent book from Don Brown.

Having loved all of Don Brown's previous work, I was happy to see that this work was highly praised by Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier in the New York Times Book Review. Rare Treasure was even better than the first books: historically accurate, engaging, and beautifully illustrated. Brown is able to write simply and humanistically about remarkable people, in a way that allows the young reader to relate. He spoke at my daughters' elementary school, and both kids and parents are still talking about his work. Bravo! Don Brown, write more!