T. Rex (Read and Wonder)

By Vivian French

Book Overview

A young boy encounters some fascinating facts - and even more intriguing questions - aobut Tyrannosaurus rex in this lively ode to curiosity. It began with an egg! What size was the egg? The egg was as big as your head . . . maybe. Don't you know? Why don't you know? It was millions and millions of years ago! A grandson and granddad are touring the special T. rex exhibit, and there are so many things the young boy must know. Was the dinosaur egg in a nest? How did this T. rex grow? Did he track down live prey? The boy is intrigued to learn that as much as we know for sure about the greatest meat-eating dinosaur of them all, there is even more left for us to find out. Could the boy himself someday make those discoveries?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763621846
• ISBN13: 9780763621841
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 29 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.8" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

For Young Paleontologists

This dinosaur book uses rhythmic, rhyming text to show us that scientists are still learning about dinosaurs. Not only do we lean what Tyrannosaurus Rex was like, we learn what we still have left to discover. And the ones to make these discoveries will be the scientits of the future -- the young listeners enjoying this inviting and informative book.