Great illustrations and neat little descriptions. ( )

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This is a great book for learning the alphabet but it is also a great book to learn about dinosaurs. Each Dinosaur listed starts with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet and then provides detailed information about that dinosaur across from a brightly colored and well details illustration. Could be used K-5th grade, also great for kiddos who are obsessed with dinosaurs.

I believe that younger elementary students would find this book enjoyable, but I would use it in an upper elementary classroom curriculum. Although this is an alphabet picture book, I think it would be suitable in a third or fourth grade classroom that is doing in depth research and lessons on the pre-historic time period. Even though younger students understand the concept of dinosaurs, they can not necessarily connect and comprehend the time period as well as upper elementary students can. I would either use this book for a read aloud, or I would let students use the book for independent reading. I believe that the rich descriptions and pictures will help students build their knowledge and understanding of the mesozoic era and the different creatures that lived during this time. ( )

I realized that I needed a dinosaur identification book for my five-year-old son, when I couldn't identify one of the three dinosaurs on a T-shirt that he wore recently. I guess in actually it's me that needs the dinosaur identification guide, so that I can better answer his questions.
This is a beautifully illustrated book with 26 dinosaurs to study (let's see...26 letters in the alphabet. Yeah, that works out.) At least there is no Buttasaurus in this particular kid's book. ( )