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Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dinosaurs aren't the only animals that roamed the earth during the prehistoric era. There was the Archelon, the largest turtle ever, measuring over 13 feet, and the Argentavis, the largest bird ever recorded, weighing in at over 140 pounds! Packed with facts about humongous animals from this time period.
3) Sea monsters
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
How big is a giant squid? What is a dragon-fish? How do deep-sea creatures find food? What do scientists think some mythical sea monsters might really be? It's Jack and Annie's very own guide to the strange creatures of the sea including ; Sea monster legends ; giant pacific octopuses ; prehistoric sea monsters ; deep-sea exploration and much more.
4) Pteranodon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics, habitat, food, relatives, and extinction of this flying reptile that lived on the earth during the age of dinosaurs.
6) Dinosaur
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unique 3-D color photography that you can really see! Discover the real world of dinosaurs with amazing 3-D pictures that allow the reader to spy on fierce, meat-eating dinosaurs or their extraordinary plant-eating cousins. Examine a dinosaur's teeth or peer into a nest full of eggs. A new way of seeing, a new way of learning! With it's dazzling 3-D color photos and unique mirror viewer, 3-D Eyewitness reveals the natural world as never seen before....
7) Dinosaurs
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and pictures present different kinds of dinosaurs and some thoughts on why they became extinct.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The exciting artistic presentation that worked so well in Actual Size (Houghton, 2004) is equally successful when applied to prehistoric creatures. Progressing chronologically from a dot-sized protozoan of 550 million years ago, Jenkins has chosen the animals and the portions of them to depict to great effect.
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Series
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A group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate are sent on an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most remote places on Earth. When the group makes an astonishing find, an ancient animal encased in solid ice that appears to a giant cat, the parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle, the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local Eskimo...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"From woolly mammoths to saber-toothed cats, prehistoric mammals once roamed Earth. With beautiful and engaging illustrations, authentic photos, and accessible text, kids will learn all about these mighty mammals in this Level 2 reader" --
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Blue-blooded crabs? Platypus that sting? One-hundred-year old reptiles? Meet some of nature's longest-surviving species! Discover the stories of these incredible animals and find out how they help scientists piece together evolutionary history"--
12) The first dog
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Kip the Cave Boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times; when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures-how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or elude their predators, and more. What would it be like to see prehistoric animals as they lived and breathed? From dinosaurs fighting to their deaths to elephant-sized burrowing...
15) Geyser blast!
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Manny, Sid, Diego and their new friends journey to find the giant ark, they encounter a dangerous geyser field that they must cross.
16) Dinosaurs
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Series
Description
Discover everything you need to know about dinosaurs with this brilliant book.
17) The mighty bite
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Trilobite and Amber (an ambulocetus) love to play guitar, sing, and eat tiny hats. They don't realize that most of the world thinks that they're extinct or that they may be the last of their kind. But when Tiffany Timber (a paleo-newscaster) meets them, she immediately starts livestreaming, thinking this will be her big break. This makes Trilobite think: if he can just get a tablet or camera, then he and Amber can make their own videos and be rich...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Dinosaurs have filled us with wonder since the first monstrous bones were pulled from the earth thousands of years ago. For centuries, we imagined dinosaurs as giant, clumsy brutes--but science has since revealed them to be so much more. They were living, breathing animals that had moments of great power and ferocity, but also periods of quiet beauty. Of course, science cannot tell us how they behaved or how they interacted with their environments....
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Sea creature fossils are particularly interesting because they're often found where there isn't any water! They give scientists insight into how Earth has changed over time-in fact, over millions of years. Readers uncover some of the oldest sea creature fossils in this volume and find out how they formed, where they were found, and what they can tell us about the past, including where water once was and isn't anymore. Up-close photographs of these...