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The Berenstain Bears
The Berenstain Bears' Dinosaur Dig
Grab your shovels and join the Berenstain Bears on a dinosaur dig at the Bearsonian Museum in this lively addition to the classic New York Times bestselling series!
What sort of fossils will they find? A stegosaurus? A spinosaurus? The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? Dig in with the Berenstain Bears and find out in this 8x8 storybook.
The perennial popularity of dinosaurs combined with the lovable nature of the Berenstain family makes Dinosaur Dig a tale that will delight Berenstain Bears fans old and new.
Share with your cubs at home or in the classroom to help them prepare for and enjoy their own visit to a museum!
What sort of fossils will they find? A stegosaurus? A spinosaurus? The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? Dig in with the Berenstain Bears and find out in this 8x8 storybook.
The perennial popularity of dinosaurs combined with the lovable nature of the Berenstain family makes Dinosaur Dig a tale that will delight Berenstain Bears fans old and new.
Share with your cubs at home or in the classroom to help them prepare for and enjoy their own visit to a museum!
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 3, 2012
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About the author
Jan Berenstain
852 books226 followersStan and Jan Berenstain (often called The Berenstains) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears. Their son Mike Berenstain joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.
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January 4, 2018
The only thing as bad as Jan's rhyming ability is her questionable dinosaur name phonetic pronunciations.
Why is Mama Bear dressed like she just got off from her job as a Walmart greeter?
I applaud the effort to teach children about dinosaurs, but there is little continuity between books and I thought dinosaurs died relatively recently and not "a long time ago" because they couldn't fit on Noah's Big Boat.
Why is Mama Bear dressed like she just got off from her job as a Walmart greeter?
I applaud the effort to teach children about dinosaurs, but there is little continuity between books and I thought dinosaurs died relatively recently and not "a long time ago" because they couldn't fit on Noah's Big Boat.
February 25, 2019
Any picture book that begins with the main characters reading a picture book is off to a rocky start. But that is just one of the techniques employed to make this the most boring book about dinosaurs a small child could ever hope to read. The word “interesting” is used three times! Someone was paid to write this book and they couldn’t think of a better word than “interesting?” It’s not surprising that the author of a book series with so many books and so much name recognition would have phoned it in - this particular book is just one of the clearest examples of Berenstain’s complete apathy to the quality of these books. It’s time to move on from the Berenstain Bears - our children deserve better.
June 24, 2018
It's always kind of interesting when a family or Bears does something very normal (for them) like go to the Bearsonian Museum to look at dinosaur bones, and it turns out that the museum is built right next to a great big site where they're uncovering the greatest collection of dinosaur bones ever. lol.
OK, maybe a bit coincidental, but what i liked it how realistically we see how obsessive kids can get on something - like dinosaurs - and how the parents can respond. I like that they took the kids to the museum and found them answers for their questions and didn't discourage the interest.
This was part of the 5-minute Stories, and actually not a bad addition to the newer books about the Berenstain Bears.
OK, maybe a bit coincidental, but what i liked it how realistically we see how obsessive kids can get on something - like dinosaurs - and how the parents can respond. I like that they took the kids to the museum and found them answers for their questions and didn't discourage the interest.
This was part of the 5-minute Stories, and actually not a bad addition to the newer books about the Berenstain Bears.
October 17, 2019
I read this for in preparation for our Berenstain Bears program this week. Brother and Sister are bitten by the dinosaur bug, and want to learn everything they can. They travel to a dig site and learn new facts. Note: This book does not have any religious commentary in it.
For: Berenstain Bears fans; readers looking for a book about dinosaurs.
Possible red flags: some readers may find the book repetitive or be disappointed that it's lacking in a religious lens, as it usually expected from the Berenstain Bears.
For: Berenstain Bears fans; readers looking for a book about dinosaurs.
Possible red flags: some readers may find the book repetitive or be disappointed that it's lacking in a religious lens, as it usually expected from the Berenstain Bears.
July 24, 2023
This seems very familiar as a parent to siblings (girl and boy) who have discovered the wonders of dinosaurs and love everything they can get their hands on about them. Unfortunately, we don't have any really great dinosaur museums out by us, but that is one thing on our bucket list of things to take the children to some day.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 11, 2018
If you have a dino CRAZY kid like me the scientific inaccuracies in the book will drive them nuts, but he tolerates it because he loves the bears and Dino's. :)
November 28, 2018
Cute but a little convenient to have a dinosaur dig behind the museum. The story ends so abruptly, that I thought some pages had been torn out. Dad sits on a toy dinosaur. The End.
December 4, 2018
Good.
My daughter rated it, and enjoyed discussing dinosaurs as we read. She already loves Dino Dana so great addition to the library
My daughter rated it, and enjoyed discussing dinosaurs as we read. She already loves Dino Dana so great addition to the library
April 15, 2020
Love the Berenstain Bears! My son loved pointing to the dinosaurs!
May 21, 2020
Is it me, or do the Mike Berenstain books have NO story?
January 8, 2021
This book is called dinosaur dig and I love it so much thank you so much thanks
January 26, 2022
Great middle grade story for kids who love dinosaurs. I loved how it gave not only a wide variety of species but also the proper way to say the names. This was fun as well as educational.
April 26, 2022
Dinosaurs get the Berenstain Bears treatment. It is fun enough and it pretty much is an accurate retelling of how my son got is with anything relating to dinosaurs.
May 17, 2023
Pretty solid intro to dinosaurs. They just happen to have a massive dino excavation right behind the museum, so everyone gets to see the archeological process.
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July 5, 2024
This was so cute! Any kid that loves dinosaurs is going to enjoy this book. And fear not, you’ll be able to pronounce them all by the end of the book!
September 23, 2025
Great book for the early readers to learn the pronunciation of the dinosaur names.
April 17, 2017
More of a dinosaur book than a Bears book.
October 28, 2014
The Berenstain Bears is a beloved children's picture book series. In this story, Brother and Sister take a trip to the book store and stumble upon a book about dinosaurs. Like many kids, myself included, the two were bit by the 'dinosaur bug'. Mama and Papa are very happy to see that their cubs have found a new interest, so they take them to a dinosaur museum. At the museum they look at skeletons and get to see an actual dinosaur dig. After a quick stop at the gift shop, the Berenstain house is filled with model dinosaurs in every crack and crevice.
This book is a great educational resource. The story introduces children to a wide variety of dinosaurs. The pictures show the general anatomy and the text helps describe what the dinosaurs were known for in their time. For example, it explains that a stegosaurus uses the spikes on its back to defend itself. One of the unique qualities of the book is that it labels its pictures. Each dinosaur has their name and pronunciation underneath their picture. This is a great tool for the long dinosaur names that could be difficult for younger readers.
I had the chance to read this book twice to a two-year old girl. She chose the book and asked me to read it. I turned to the title page inside the book and read the title; immediately she pointed to the picture and said, "dinosaur". It was interesting to see her connect with the story so quickly. As I began the story she was silent. She was in the book. At the book's conclusion, she told me to read it again. So, I read the book twice in a row for her. Later in the day she asked me to read it once more. I'm not sure what drew her to the book so much because I did not connect with the story that well.
This book is a great educational resource. The story introduces children to a wide variety of dinosaurs. The pictures show the general anatomy and the text helps describe what the dinosaurs were known for in their time. For example, it explains that a stegosaurus uses the spikes on its back to defend itself. One of the unique qualities of the book is that it labels its pictures. Each dinosaur has their name and pronunciation underneath their picture. This is a great tool for the long dinosaur names that could be difficult for younger readers.
I had the chance to read this book twice to a two-year old girl. She chose the book and asked me to read it. I turned to the title page inside the book and read the title; immediately she pointed to the picture and said, "dinosaur". It was interesting to see her connect with the story so quickly. As I began the story she was silent. She was in the book. At the book's conclusion, she told me to read it again. So, I read the book twice in a row for her. Later in the day she asked me to read it once more. I'm not sure what drew her to the book so much because I did not connect with the story that well.
November 4, 2016
An unrealistic depiction of the work of a paleontologist.
Gah. This is a really inaccurate description of a dinosaur dig. Seriously. Not only is it at the museum, but it's depicted as a big open pit in the ground, where there are full-on complete skeletons just laying there. That's not how dinosaurs are found! They find little tiny pieces. They're really super lucky if they can ever find a whole skeleton. You don't find like one place with five different kinds of skeletons, all of which I've heard of before. That's ridiculous. And if you did find that kind of thing, you certainly wouldn't let an entire family traipse through the middle of your dig! You don't know what they're going to touch! The stuff is all delicate. It doesn't have a bad message, it's just inaccurate.
Brother and Sister go to the library. They read a book about dinosaurs. Here is what the book says. Then they go to the museum, and they look at the dinosaurs, and they see a dinosaur dig. As they are leaving, they go through the gift shop and buy a whole bunch of dinosaur toys. They go home. They have a whole bunch of dinosaur toys everywhere. Don't put them on Dad's chair! The end.
The best part: "The best part was that they lived long, long ago, so you didn't have to worry about them getting you." Also, the fact that the professor's name is "Professor Actual Factual."
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
Gah. This is a really inaccurate description of a dinosaur dig. Seriously. Not only is it at the museum, but it's depicted as a big open pit in the ground, where there are full-on complete skeletons just laying there. That's not how dinosaurs are found! They find little tiny pieces. They're really super lucky if they can ever find a whole skeleton. You don't find like one place with five different kinds of skeletons, all of which I've heard of before. That's ridiculous. And if you did find that kind of thing, you certainly wouldn't let an entire family traipse through the middle of your dig! You don't know what they're going to touch! The stuff is all delicate. It doesn't have a bad message, it's just inaccurate.
Brother and Sister go to the library. They read a book about dinosaurs. Here is what the book says. Then they go to the museum, and they look at the dinosaurs, and they see a dinosaur dig. As they are leaving, they go through the gift shop and buy a whole bunch of dinosaur toys. They go home. They have a whole bunch of dinosaur toys everywhere. Don't put them on Dad's chair! The end.
The best part: "The best part was that they lived long, long ago, so you didn't have to worry about them getting you." Also, the fact that the professor's name is "Professor Actual Factual."
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
September 24, 2012
Possibly the best Berenstain Bears book ever. I love this one! Perfect for any family and classroom use and I think especially grand for homeschoolers. Find an interest in the library and then bring it alive through a field trip and museum and then toys and kits to bring home with more books for study. Oh, the little bears have found the dinosaur bug, and it's bitten hard. I love it!
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March 8, 2013
I enjoyed this book. The only qualm I have is with the scientist's name: Actual Factual. I find his name misleading to children. Science is a field that grows and changes the more the human race learns. How confusing it is for children (and often times for adults, as well) when we make new discoveries that change old scientific beliefs. Facts and truth don't change, but scientific observations and theories do.
October 14, 2015
This was more of a 'History' Berenstain Bear book versus a storybook book. It is written in a storybook format and was good but had lots of facts with names and information on digs etc for Dinosaurs.
September 10, 2012
Great book for any child interested in Dinosaurs.
I think this book would be good or 1st or 2nd graders.
AR: unknown
I think this book would be good or 1st or 2nd graders.
AR: unknown
March 14, 2013
I always enjoy reading the Berenstain Bear stories. This one is perfect for young readers interested in learning a little bit about dinosaurs. Interest Level Kindergarten-2nd grade.
July 7, 2013
Actual rating: 2.5
I was glad to see pronunciations with the dino names! Though most of them I already knew, it was useful for the ones I didn't :-)
I was glad to see pronunciations with the dino names! Though most of them I already knew, it was useful for the ones I didn't :-)
June 30, 2015
I thought the kids were going to love this one, but it didn't catch their interest (preschool - early elementary)
October 11, 2014
Not thrilled with this book. There was next to no information about dinosaurs other than their name and an unforgivably inaccurate depiction of a dinosaur dig.
January 7, 2015
Great for a newly minted three-year-old who has suddenly become very interested in everything dinosaur.
February 28, 2015
Read with my 4yo daughter.
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