A Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor

by Mark A. Norell and Lowell Dingus

Discusses how the authors became paleontologists and describes their expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and the important fossils they found there. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385325584
• ISBN13: 9780385325585
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.4" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Interesting look at how paleontologists study fossils

This title is more about the process of looking for dinosaur fossils and interpreting what a specific find means than it is about the dinosaur species oviraptor. The narration follows a team of scientists as they choose and then excavate a site in Mongolia. The fossils that they find and the way that these remains are interpreted forever change the reptuation of oviraptor from an egg-stealing menace to a caring parent. The vocabulary is challenging but the glossary does help.

A "must read" for all young dinosaur enthusiasts!

This story of oviaptor and its false reputation as an egg-stealing killer requires good reading skills of kids in grades 4 and older, but provides a fascinating survey of the detective work which has gone into dinosaur discoveries. Color photos abound in this survey of dinosaur findings and the tools and methods of researchers.