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Dangerous Dinos
Lenticular reading books for children and parents to enjoy together. The Ready to Read series brings you exciting non-fiction titles for young readers that are designed to help develop confidence in young children learning to read. Each title amazing facts; bright photographic images with simple annotations; a quiz; a picture dictionary; a key words section; and ideas for parents to encourage and improve their child’s reading. Lenticular covers bring each subject to life. Children will love watching the bright and colorful images move before their eyes!
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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March 21, 2019
The book is nicely put together, some dinos are described with rhymes and data (well, data are more intense than the rhymes, the latter are intended for cca 3-yr-olds, the former 7 yr-olds), with a quiz at the end. I'm not sure how old kids this is intended for, but certain age groups find certain parts useful.
October 17, 2023
Leon loved this one. Kept reaching for the Dino’s.
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October 19, 2013Book Title: Dangerous Dinos by Sarah Creese
Short Description of book: This is an All About book for Dinosaurs. I really like the layout and organization of this book. Each page focuses on a specific kind of dinosaur and the facts. The photographs have captions, labels, and other interesting facts in boxes. There is a glossary at the back and questions as well.
Focus: I plan to introduce this book along with “How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.” We will do a comparison of the 2 books. (This could also be used as another read aloud for our All About ____ books and the teacher could model an All About Fish book focusing on a different type of fish on each page- you could create a class book with many pages of different kinds of fish).
Teach: We will spend a couple of days reading this book aloud and “How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.” We will talk about the features that we find in both texts. Make a chart (venn diagram works well to compare/contrast). We will discuss how writers sometimes compare two different books and how they would take the information from the chart and write a compare/contrast piece about the dinosaur books. Teacher will model a lot for the first time writing this type of piece.
Expected Outcomes: CCSS W1.2: Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
CCSS W 1.5: With guidance and support from adults, students will focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Short Description of book: This is an All About book for Dinosaurs. I really like the layout and organization of this book. Each page focuses on a specific kind of dinosaur and the facts. The photographs have captions, labels, and other interesting facts in boxes. There is a glossary at the back and questions as well.
Focus: I plan to introduce this book along with “How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.” We will do a comparison of the 2 books. (This could also be used as another read aloud for our All About ____ books and the teacher could model an All About Fish book focusing on a different type of fish on each page- you could create a class book with many pages of different kinds of fish).
Teach: We will spend a couple of days reading this book aloud and “How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight.” We will talk about the features that we find in both texts. Make a chart (venn diagram works well to compare/contrast). We will discuss how writers sometimes compare two different books and how they would take the information from the chart and write a compare/contrast piece about the dinosaur books. Teacher will model a lot for the first time writing this type of piece.
Expected Outcomes: CCSS W1.2: Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
CCSS W 1.5: With guidance and support from adults, students will focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
April 10, 2016
I thought this book was well written and well organized. The illustrations most resonated with me in the book. I was most drawn into the story at the very beginning as it contains a nice 'reading together' section for parents and teachers to further enhance the overall reading experience. My transaction was most powerful in the story upon turning the first page and seeing a Tyrannosaurus Rex head picture. I will carry with me from this book reading experience the details learned about each dinosaur along with the memory of the interesting illustration visuals. I would recommend this book to others to read as it contains age appropriate text, it is organized, and has several facts listed for each dinosaur. I would use this book in my classroom to teach how to best gain information from illustrations.
December 6, 2011
2011 - Non-Fiction
This book is a great nonfiction books for kids. It is written in kid language. On each page, kids are introduced to some of the most notable dinsours and characteristics of each one.
This book is a great nonfiction books for kids. It is written in kid language. On each page, kids are introduced to some of the most notable dinsours and characteristics of each one.
October 7, 2014
This is a good book for intermediate elementary grades. A very useful book for a book report or for a kid that has an interest in dinosaurs. It is important to have a good mix of informational books in the classroom library to expose kids to a variety of literature.
June 23, 2011
Good book and my 4-yr old loves the lenticular cover.
February 1, 2012
It is virtually impossible to go wrong with a book about dinosaurs especially one with great, realistic looking photos. But add a 3D cover with a T-rex on it and you have yourself a winner!
February 7, 2012
great book for kids.
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May 24, 2012AR BL: 2.5
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September 1, 2016
Libby really liked this. Brought it home from school library to read to Sebashton. awwww.
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