About Dinosaurs

by Sindy McKay, Robert Walters (Illustrator)

This book is sure to make dinosaurs more popular than ever! It explores the lives of many of these ancient creatures and explains why there aren't any more dinosaurs-except perhaps modern birds! Plus, with its shared-reading format, the book makes dinosaurs more accessible to younger children. Now, even beginning readers will be able to explain, I read a book about dinosaurs!

Genres: Childrens, Science, Nonfiction

40 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Liam]

I am 6 six years old. I love dinosaurs.

My mommy is helping me learn how to read. She likes for me to read most of the pages. This is her new favorite set-up of leveled books. Mommy reads the left page and I read the right page. But sometimes I ask what words on the left page are, and Mommy tells me.

She says it's an "excellent way to read with beginners."

[Cassidy Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

About Dinosaurs is a nonfiction informational picture book published in 2004 about all the different types of dinosaurs. I read this with a fourth grader who was really into dinosaurs and she had a lot of fun reading it and learning about dinosaurs she didn't know before. I'm not sure this book could be beneficial to use in a lesson or read aloud but it has a lot of potential as a book to be recommended to students who are into dinosaurs.

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little bit out of date.

[Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy text on the right, more difficult on the left.

[Rose Goodwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good informational book about dinosaurs that young children can read with a mentor. It has the names of the dinosaurs and how to pronounce them.