Hannah Bonner

This is THE book for children who love dinosaurs. Future Paleontologist in your house of any age? Get them this book. I learned so much and chuckled on every page. The writing is witty and written to engage kids and excite them about dinosaurs. There is so much to look at on each page. Besides the writing, there are fabulous illustrations of dinosaurs, insects, and plants with precise detail. The illustrations are really quite amazing.

In fact, I learned so much I wouldn't even know where to show more begin. I noticed on the above page an extinct plant called bennettite. It caught my eye since our son's name is Bennett. I had never heard of that plant before.

I began to wonder how the researchers know so much about what the different types of dinosaurs ate. Mostly they can tell from the type of teeth they had. They even included an illustration of an actual size T. Rex tooth. Small, sharp teeth meant they likely ate insects. Large teeth, usually meant they were carnivores or piscivores, fish eaters. The book even describes the way their food was digested.

This book is so creative and fun, I actually think any kid or parent would enjoy reading through this book whether they like dinosaurs or not. There is so much to see on each page, it may take a few nights of bedtime stories to get through it all. There are also 18 PB & J sandwiches hidden throughout the book. I haven't even found them all yet.

National Geographic Kids knows how to get kids interested in science, animals, or our world by sharing information in fun and creative ways. This book is a sure winner! show less

Hannah Bonner's books are fun.

This book is full of lively and imaginative cartoonish scenes, and little strip insets in which actual scientists are interviewed, and get the chance to explain, very briefly, some conclusions that they might draw from studying their particular kind of fossil. The references are quite up-to-date, and a number of experts, both scientific and artistic were consulted.

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Clever and innovative use of cartoons that enhances, rather than distracts from, the rest of the text. Well drawn timeline, and good similes.