What is it like to come face-to-face with the ten-foot-tall terror bird? Or stare into the mouth of the largest meat eater ever to walk the earth? ...
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Sep 29, 2010
Chandra
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Another big winner from Steve Jenkins. The man has magical abilities with paper. It's uncanny really. My very favorite book of his so far is Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea. My daughter's is Never Smile at a Monkey. They're both brilliant combinations of fact laden, fascinating, entertaining, and beautiful. But really I haven't come across a dud yet. They're all brilliant! And, obviously, this is no exception.
This one a prehistoric follow up to the very More...
This one a prehistoric follow up to the very More...
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Jun 23, 2011
Shala
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Reading this book to my daughter, I found myself placing my hands on the page very carefully, lest I snag my finger on a Baryonyx claw or accidentally touch the Very Large Cockroach. It's not that the illustrations are so terribly life-like. They are clearly pictures. It's just that the effect of seeing these creatures, or in most cases, bits of these creatures, at actual size is so startling. As I type this, I am cringing away from a millipede larger than my computer.
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Nov 15, 2009
(NS) Maria
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Wow! This book is brilliant! The pictures are amazing! The pictures range from large and small animals with their actual size! Also, their is a lot details in the illustrations.As I began reading this book, I noticed the eyes of each animal that came in different sizes. Teaching Kindergarten, I know my students will enjoy this book! It's a great way for my students to see things for themselves at their actual size! I know they would love this book and wish these animals would be real!
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Dec 15, 2011
Loretta
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Not my cup of tea - dinosaurs just don't do it for me. However, we all know that kids LOVE dinosaurs and are all paleontologists in the making! The book works chronologically, starting with a protozoan from 550 million years ago. Then, with cut and torn paper illustrations, Jenkins shows creatures - or parts of them - in their actual size. Sometimes it is the entire creature and sometimes it is a claw! Filled with lots of great information about prehi More...
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Not my cup of tea - dinosaurs just don't do it for me. However, we all know that kids LOVE dinosaurs and are all paleontologists in the making! The book works chronologically, starting with a protozoan from 550 million years ago. Then, with cut and torn paper illustrations, Jenkins shows creatures - or parts of them - in their actual size. Sometimes it is the entire creature and sometimes it is a claw! Filled with lots of great information about prehi More...
Dec 22, 2010
Lisa
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Steve Jenkins is truly a marvel. This book is a sequel to his Actual Size book, another book that’s well worth reading, as are all of his non-fiction science and nature picture books. I’ve read quite a few of them and have enjoyed all that I’ve read, and I’ve learned much from every single one.
I love how with this book the book itself is oversized; it’s really big. And then many of the pages fold out in order to have more page space, and even then, most of the time, only parts of ani More...
I love how with this book the book itself is oversized; it’s really big. And then many of the pages fold out in order to have more page space, and even then, most of the time, only parts of ani More...
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Nov 30, 2009
Taysia
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This book is such a fun and exciting children's book! It shows the actual size of some prehistoric animals. There are alot of fun facts about these reptiles and dinosaurs. I enjoyed this book becuase it was so interesting to learn about all these anciet animals and also to see how big or small these animals acutally were. This is a very fun book for children!!!
Aug 19, 2009
Cana
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Mommy says: Cool! Pictures of prehistoric animals drawn in actual size. The smaller animals might fit on the page or a two-page spread, but for many of the larger animals, only the head will fit and your imagination has to fill in the rest. We had a ball arranging pillows to represent the missing 10 feet of this animal or that and considering how big they would be.
Jul 27, 2011
Fisal
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Age:
Grades 5-12
Genre:
Science fiction/ historical.
Diversity:
Prehistoric animals
Illustrations:
Colored drawings, large fold outs.
Personal response:
Great lesson on prehistoric creatures and their ages. I liked the oversized drawings.
Curricular or programming connections:
This would be a good science lesson for kid in kindergarden.
Grades 5-12
Genre:
Science fiction/ historical.
Diversity:
Prehistoric animals
Illustrations:
Colored drawings, large fold outs.
Personal response:
Great lesson on prehistoric creatures and their ages. I liked the oversized drawings.
Curricular or programming connections:
This would be a good science lesson for kid in kindergarden.
Mar 02, 2011
Krystal
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My boys both really like this book, I think because #1 It has fold out pages and #2 because it was about dinosaur like creatures. The information inside is a little bit over their heads though since they have no idea what different measurements mean.
Jul 26, 2011
K
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Love the paper collage technique, especially the bits of fuzz for eyes and fur (handmade paper?). Kids will absorb the sizes of these ancient, incredible creatures, just as they did with Jenkins' other books.
Jun 18, 2008
Samantha
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This oversized book introduces you to 16 different prehistoric creatures with a one or two sentence description and a fantastc life sized depiction of what it may have looked like. The pictures are amazing! It looks like tissue paper, feathers, paint, and maybe some card stock. The terror bird was my favorite. Only his head and giant beak would fit on the two page spread...he was big enough to eat a horse!
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Towards the end of the book it gets serious and explains how they came to their More...
Aug 19, 2010
Marsha
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I'm definitely putting this book on hold because I think students will love to hear how big these creatures really were.
Jun 23, 2011
Andrea
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Cool to see "actual size" of creatures but the words are pretty complicated to read and listen to. Still a fun book.
Apr 22, 2011
Drew
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This book had great pictures and teaches about prehistoric animals that used to roam the earth!
Mar 02, 2008
Mara
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what can I say, this guy IS an AMAZING animal collage artist. they are delightful and the stories are factual and charming. his work delights me.
Mar 31, 2008
Tiff
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This one won't stay on the shelf at my school library! The kids just love it.
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