Finding the First T. Rex (Totally True Adventures): How a Giant Meat-Eater Was Dug Up... Contributor(s): Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner (Author), Nelson, Jim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 037584662X ISBN-13: 9780375846625 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $5.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: IN 1902, WILLIAM HORNADAY handed a map to the famous paleontologist Barnum Brown. It was Hornaday's hand-drawn directions to a remote area of the Montana Badlands, where he believed amazing dinosaur fossils lay buried. Following the map, Brown dug up a jawbone edged with six-inch long teeth, the remains of a monstrous creature no one had ever seen before. But one bone wasn't enough, and Brown soon found himself in a desperate race to discover the skeleton of the mystery carnivore! |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Fossils - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Discoveries - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - History Of Science |
Dewey: 567.912 |
LCCN: 2007027730 |
Lexile Measure: 660 |
Series: Stepping Stones: A Chapter Book: True Stories |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" (0.20 lbs) 101 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 123472 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: IN 1902, WILLIAM HORNADAY handed a map to the famous paleontologist Barnum Brown. It was Hornaday's hand-drawn directions to a remote area of the Montana Badlands, where he believed amazing dinosaur fossils lay buried. Following the map, Brown dug up a jawbone edged with six-inch long teeth, the remains of a monstrous creature no one had ever seen before. But one bone wasn't enough, and Brown soon found himself in a desperate race to discover the skeleton of the mystery carnivore |