Jurassic Giants, Jacqueline A. Ball
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: becker&mayer! kids (September 11, 2018 )
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760363196
ISBN-13: 978-0760363195
ISBN-10: 0760363196
ISBN-13: 978-0760363195
T. rex comes to life like never before with Jurassic Giants, jam-packed with fun facts, incredible graphics, and cool statistics about the biggest and baddest creatures to ever live. With a detailed, 15-piece, 6" tall model of a T. rex included in the kit, kids can assemble and enjoy a Jurassic giant of their own!
Jurassic Giants gives you an up-close and personal look at T. rex—and its favorite meals. Fierce predators, epic battles, enormous teeth—life in the Mesozoic Era was really hard ... unless, of course, you happened to be a Tyrannosaurus rex! With its powerful jaws and its keen sense of smell, this King of the Cretaceous had no problem tracking down, killing, and eating its prey.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have reigned supreme, but there were lots of other predators to worry about: Giganotosaurus, Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, and Utahraptor to name a few.
How did leaf eaters survive in a world full of carnivores? What caused the dinosaurs to go extinct? And where can you see a T. rex skeleton for yourself? Find the answers to these questions and more, inside. After learning tons of awesome facts, kids will get a thrill out of creating their very own terrible T. rex skeleton
Jurassic Giants gives you an up-close and personal look at T. rex—and its favorite meals. Fierce predators, epic battles, enormous teeth—life in the Mesozoic Era was really hard ... unless, of course, you happened to be a Tyrannosaurus rex! With its powerful jaws and its keen sense of smell, this King of the Cretaceous had no problem tracking down, killing, and eating its prey.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have reigned supreme, but there were lots of other predators to worry about: Giganotosaurus, Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, and Utahraptor to name a few.
How did leaf eaters survive in a world full of carnivores? What caused the dinosaurs to go extinct? And where can you see a T. rex skeleton for yourself? Find the answers to these questions and more, inside. After learning tons of awesome facts, kids will get a thrill out of creating their very own terrible T. rex skeleton
My Thoughts
It almost Halloween so thought I would review the frightening Tyrannosaurus rex.
I was introduced to T Rex at a young age in the form of the children’s television series "Land of the Lost”. Yes, I made sure I was home to watch the show, and now that I think of it, it was probably my first experience with Sci-Fi too, as it was about the Marshall family that went over a waterfall and entered another dimension, with 3 moons.
The land was inhabited by dinosaurs, Pakuni, and Sleestak. Throughout much of the show, the family was being chased by dinosaurs. While it taught about the will to survive, it also taught about human emotions like love for family and the compassion they had for the Pakuni.
Anyway, this book is like that show in that it offers many images of T-Rex and other dinosaurs and it shows the flora and fauna, experienced.
What I like best about the book is the depth of detailing when it comes to the statistics.
If you remember back a few years ago in 2016, paleontologists announced the discovery of most of a dinosaur tail in amber with well-preserved feathers and skin.
We learn T- Rex may have run as fast as 15-25 mph and while we all know he was able to tear flesh, scientists say he also had good binocular, or 3D, vision.
This is a prehistorically educational read with stellar graphics to go along with it.
About the Author
Jacqueline A. Ball is the former publisher of Scientific American Books for Kids and Weekly Reader Juvenile Book Clubs. She has written and produced numerous single titles and series for such publishers as becker&mayer!, Bearport, Discovery Channel, Disney, HarperCollins, McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, Scholastic, Silver Dolphin Press, Sourcebooks, Time-Life Books, and World Almanac. Jackie’s series of teacher’s guides for Discovery Channel Science Collections was named Outstanding Teacher Resource of the year by the Educational Press Association. Other awards and honors include Booklist Top 10 Youth Series Nonfiction (ALA), Children’s Choice and Parents’ Choice Honors. Jackie moved from New York City Seattle , WA