Product Description

Illus. in full color. Difficult dinosaur names are simplified with phonics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65948 in Books
• Published on: 1985-04-12
• Released on: 1985-04-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780394870236
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Review
"An easy, well-structured treatment of an eternally hot topic, this is a likely choice for beginning readers."--Kirkus. -- Review

Review
"An easy, well-structured treatment of an eternally hot topic, this is a likely choice for beginning readers."--Kirkus.

From the Inside Flap
Illus. in full color. Difficult dinosaur names are simplified with phonics.  

Customer Reviews

Major scientific errors! Terrible!
This is a classic book for young readers and I had thought it would be accurate on the level of the readers. I looked back at a copy with a publishing date of 1985 and I was shocked when I saw the apatasaurus called the old, incorrect name of "brontosaurus." But that was not the worst error! Many older books have the name wrong 9and thus the wrong head, but that can be a minor thing.
But it got worse when it showed the "brontosaurus" as having nostrils on top of its head, which is actually a feature of the Brachiasaurus. And then having it hid from the Allosaurus (correct predator, at least) under water perpetuates the swamp-dwelling, water-immersing behavior model which is again incorrect.
If only those offending pages could be excised it would get four or five stars. The book does show the flying and swimming contemporaries of the dinosaurs; correctly identifying them as not being "dinosaurs." That could be more explicit but the point is made, even if subtly.

Now I see above there is a new publishing date. I hope the offending passage has been corrected. Then it would be a solid four-star book.

Days Extended into Months
My four year old son checked this book out of the library. I've renewed the loan twice. He loves it so much that I just purchased two copies. _Dinosaur Days_ is informative and engaging for the young reader. He even uses it as a reference work to check whether he is correct in his indentification of his toy dinosaurs. I would highly recommend this book!

Great level 3 book
Is scientific accuracy the most important thing in exciting young readers? I think the reviews that get caught up in that are missing the big picture. Most early readers about dinosaurs are not written as a story with clever text and excellent illustration. This book is. It excites young kids to read and learn more about dinosaurs. It is not a scientific text, but a story. This excellent book got my son to move from a level 1-2 reader to a level 3, then quickly on to chapter books. He found this book exciting and could read it over and over. This is great for kids taking the next leap in reading. I highly recommend it!