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Loading... Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintingsby Douglas Florian
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is wonderful! Dinosaurs receive poetic treatment. Each 2 page spread includes a short poem, most on a single dinosaur. The mixed media illustrations cover the pages, creatively connected the poem. Readers won't be able to cite this for their dinosaur report, but they will enjoy the wordplay and visuals. Includes table of contents, pronunciation guide, glossary, list of dinosaur museums and fossil sites, and bibliography. ( ) In this book there informational poems on multiple different dinosaurs. Each dinosaur has its own poem that is fun to read and has facts about the that dinosaur. The pictures are very abstract and modern and look as if some were don't by children. they did look like the dinosaur that was being describe which is good so students can identify the dinosaur in the picture. This would be a informational book because the poems describe the attributes of each dinosaur and what they ate along with a thesaurus in the back of the book with more information on each dinosaur. Wonderful, colorful, and very informative about a subject that would interest children very much. This book is full of terms regarding dinosaurs describes in short detail about each dinosaur.There are some large terms in this book the dinosaur names. However, they are phonetically sounded out to make it easy for the reader and the listener to understand. I think intended for ages: 4-8 Source: Pierce County Library System Although this book is full fun long names of dinosaurs, its very informational about dinosaurs. This book is full of ancient dinosaurs full of fun facts and it's a very informational book about dinosaurs. This book also shows us great paintings of dinosaurs. Ages: 4-8 Source: Pierce County Library System no reviews | add a review
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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