Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones

by Sara Levine, Book Buddy Digital Media (Read by)

Overview

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An innovative look at animal eyes from the creators of Bone by Bone, Tooth by Tooth, and Eye by Eye.

What dinosaur would you be if you had a bony ridge rising from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front?

Answer: a triceratops!

This picture book will keep you guessing as you find out how human skeletons are like—and unlike—those of dinosaurs!

"Another 'humerus' study in comparative anatomy."—Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728466200
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Series:	Animal by Animal
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	35 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Sara Levine is an author, educator, and veterinarian. Her science books for children include the Animal by Animal series, Germs Up Close, and A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use. Her books have received a number of awards including AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, Utah Beehive Book Award, Cook Prize finalist, Monarch Award master list, and Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year.

Editorial Reviews

"A comparison of select human and dinosaur bones connects readers with some of our more ancient predecessors. Continuing the approach of Bone by Bone (2013) and Tooth by Tooth (2016), Levine points up parallels between fossilized skulls, ribs, toes, and other skeletal features and those of modern readers as well as prehistoric frills, horns, and the like that we don't happen to sport. Some of this she presents as easy posers: what sort of dino would you be if you both had a long neck and 'your vertebrae didn't stop at your rear end but kept going and going and going?' Diplodocus, perhaps, or, she properly notes on the ensuing double gatefold, another type of sauropod. What if you had two finger bones per hand rather than five? T. Rex! If your pinky bone grew tremendously long? A pterosaur! Just for fun, in the simple but anatomically careful illustrations, Spookytooth temporarily alters members of a cast of, mostly, brown-skinned young museumgoers (two wearing hijabs) to reflect the exaggerated lengths, sizes, or other adaptations certain bones underwent in dinosaurs and several other types of extinct reptiles. Generous lists of websites and other information sources follow a revelation (that won't come as a surprise to confirmed dino fans) that birds are dinosaurs too. Another 'humerus' study in comparative anatomy."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-01-22
A comparison of select human and dinosaur bones connects readers with some of our more ancient predecessors.Continuing the approach of Bone by Bone (2013) and Tooth by Tooth (2016), Levine points up parallels between fossilized skulls, ribs, toes, and other skeletal features and those of modern readers as well as prehistoric frills, horns, and the like that we don't happen to sport. Some of this she presents as easy posers: what sort of dino would you be if you both had a long neck and "your vertebrae didn't stop at your rear end but kept going and going and going?" Diplodocus, perhaps, or, she properly notes on the ensuing double gatefold, another type of sauropod. What if you had two finger bones per hand rather than five? T. Rex! If your pinky bone grew tremendously long? A pterosaur! Just for fun, in the simple but anatomically careful illustrations, Spookytooth temporarily alters members of a cast of, mostly, brown-skinned young museumgoers (two wearing hijabs) to reflect the exaggerated lengths, sizes, or other adaptations certain bones underwent in dinosaurs and several other types of extinct reptiles. Generous lists of websites and other information sources follow a revelation (that won't come as a surprise to confirmed dino fans) that birds are dinosaurs too.Another "humerus" study in comparative anatomy. (Informational picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews