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Big old bones
a dinosaur tale
By Carrick, Carol & Carrick, Donald
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-89919-734-0
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c1989.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1989
Gr 2-4 Fossilized dinosaur bones are like pieces to a puzzle, and scientists have not always put the puzzle together correctly. The Carricks' beautifully illustrated new book concerns a fictitious paleontologist, Professor Potts, and his struggles to construct a dinosaur from unidentified fossilized bones. First he builds a Tricerotops, then a Tyrannosaurus Rex, then a Brontosaurus; but all of his constructions seem to him too incredulous to have really lived. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
