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1) Fossil
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
Description
Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Fossil explores the creatures and plants that lived long ago. Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils. Children will be mesmerized by the bones, teeth, and plants from long ago that have all been turned to rock. This beautifully illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how paleontologists...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Blue-blooded crabs? Platypus that sting? One-hundred-year old reptiles? Meet some of nature's longest-surviving species! Discover the stories of these incredible animals and find out how they help scientists piece together evolutionary history"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In this book readers can expand their dinosaur obsessions into learning opportunities that take them beyond Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus rex to other animals, plants, and microbes that lived long before humans.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Find our about the rocks beneath your feet and the minerals they contain. Discover how they are used--from the graphite in pencils, to precious metals and gems. Learn the secrets of ancient fossils and how new rocks are made."--Back cover
7) Fossils
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the reader to fossils, discussing how they were formed, their different types, where they are found, and how to become a collector.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Fossils are fascinating! These remnants of life-forms from long ago tell us more about the planet, the environment, and the ancient plants and animals themselves. This title guides readers on a mission to learn more about fossils, how they form, what types there are, and more facts and details. Full-color illustrations showcase important principles, and hands-on activities with detailed instructions will get kids thinking like paleontologists, geologists,...
9) Fossils
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarto Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brilliant introduction to the importance of paleontology, which illustrates with fun captions and photographs how fossils show us the ways in which our species and others have evolved over millions of years.
10) Fossils
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to fossils, discussing the different types, where they are found, and how they are made.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Kingfisher dinosaur encyclopedia explores a world where dinosaurs and prehistoric animals once roamed. Travel through every prehistoric era, from the first dinosaurs to the time of the giants and marine beasts, through mass extinctions to early mammals and the first humans.
13) Human life
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"If you take away our need for clothing and ability to speak, our animal roots become clear. An alien biologist wouldn't hesitate to label humans as a third class of chimpanzees. Yet, in so many aspects of our lives, we are very different from other creatures. So how has the human race been forged by evolution, just like all the other animals, and yet managed to break free from its constraints?." -- Discovery Channel Store, online product description....
Author
Publisher
HarperFestival
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Brother and Sister visit the Bearsonian Museum, they luck out. A real dinosaur dig is taking place. What sort of fossils will they find? A Stegosaurus? A Spinosaurus? The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? Dig in with the Berenstain Bears and find out!
15) Fossils
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to fossils, discussing how they are formed, where they are found, and how paleontologists study and analyze them.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Whose bones? Tiny bones scattered across the spread are unidentifiable, but sharp eyes will spy footprints and food sources offered as clues. Now turn the page, and the bones have magically formed into a recognizable skeleton—Pteranodon or Stegosaurus, Velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus—while a stylized depiction of the animal completes the picture. In a final “fun facts” section, readers curious to know more will discover that the Ankylosaurus...
Author
Publisher
Applesauce Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Taking readers through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, this ultimate guide to all things prehistoric provides young paleontologists with information on more than one thousand incredible species, tracing their evolution through the dinosaurera.
20) The stolen bones
Author
Series
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 29
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew and her friends are searching for dinosaur bones instead of clues until a find worth millions goes missing from a paleontology dig they have joined.
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