Reading Recommendations
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Cole, Joanna. Magic School Bus: In the Time of Dinosaurs. c2012. Gr. 1-4. The Magic School bus
turns into a time machine and transports the class back millions of years to an adventure where they
learn about dinosaurs, their habitats, and their diets. Hoopla Digital
Dixon, Dougal. Minmi and other Dinosaurs of Australia. c2007. Gr. 1-3. Introduces dinosaurs that once
roamed Australia and what they have in common with today’s animals. Greater Phoenix Digital Library
ebook.
Fulk, David. Raising Rufus. c2015. Gr. 4-7. An 11-year-old science nerd discovers an ancient egg and
soon finds himself “surrogate mom” to a very outlandish pet—a T. Rex. JUV FIC Fulk
Goldstein, Jack. 101 Amazing Facts about Dinosaurs. c2014. Gr. 1-4. This book contains over one
hundred facts about dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Greater Phoenix Digital Library ebook.
Hartland, Jessie. How the Dinosaur got to the Museum. c2011. Gr. 1-4. This informative and
fascinating history of the Diplodocus: from its discovery in 1923 in Utah to its arrival in the hallowed halls
of the Smithsonian Museum. JUV 567.9 H255H.
Hoena, B.A. Everything Dinosaurs. c2014. Gr. 3-6. Explores the world of dinosaurs, examining fossil
remains and explaining how scientists use them to determine what dinosaurs ate, how they raised their
young, and how they may have become extinct. JUV 567.9 H671E.
Lambert, David. Dinosaur. c2014. Gr. 3-7. Discusses the environment in which dinosaurs lived, the
characteristics of different types of dinosaurs, the disappearance of these creatures, and how scientists
learn from their fossil remains. JUV 567.9 L172D.
Oakes, Cory Putman. Dinosaur Boy. c2015. Gr. 3-6. Sprouting a tail and spikes over the summer before
fifth grade, Sawyer, a boy with the dinosaur gene, is bullied in school, but when his tormentors begin to
disappear, it is up to Sawyer, his best friend Elliot, and a mysterious new girl to rescue them from a
galactically horrible fate. JUV Fic Oakes.
Oceanak, Karla. Jackpot. c2014. Gr. 1-3. Aldo and his friend, Jack, find a fossil in a neighborhood ditch.
JUV FIC Oceanak.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Dinosaurs before Dark. c1992. Gr. 1-3. 8-year-old Jack and his younger sister
Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live
dinosaurs. JUV FIC Osborne.
Sloan, Christopher. Bizarre Dinosaurs: Some very strange creatures and why we think they got that
way. c2008. Gr. 3-7. Learn what scientists know and what they are still guessing about a collection of
odd-looking monsters, including how experts think these dinosaurs used their individual, bizarre
characteristics. JUV 567.9 SL52B.
Stilton, Geronimo. The journey through time. c2014. Gr. 2-5. Geronimo Stilton and a few members of
his family embark on an adventure through time in Professors von Volt’s new time machine, the Mouse
Mover 3000. JUV Fic Stilton.
Thimmesh, Catherine. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How do we know what dinosaurs really
looked like? c2013. Gr. 4-7. Follow a paleo artist through the scientific process of ascertaining the
appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination
combine to bring us face-to-face with the past. 567.9 T348S.
Warner, Gertrude. The Mystery of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones. c2015. Gr. 2-5. The Aldens visit a
dinosaur dig in Montana and soon become involved in a mystery involving missing dinosaur bones. JUV
FIC M Warner.