Dinosaur Babies

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Lucia Washburn (Illustrator)

Did dinosaur parents protect their young? Or were the babies left on their own in a world of giants? In a fresh new look at an always-popular subject, Dinosaur Babies reveals the latest discoveries about the lives of the littlest dinosaurs. Learn how to make your own fossil on the "Find Out More" page!

Genres: Dinosaurs, Childrens, Prehistory, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Science

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Y'all have no way of knowing this baby would have been born more than 70 million years ago, people. It's a THEORY, not a fact. Please stop treating it as factual. Other than that, it's a good book, although way too long to read aloud. Recommended for older readers who understand that scientists make up the earth's age... Best part was the project at the end on making your own fossil egg...using eggshells!

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maddie enjoyed this a lot and shared lots of stories and info she learned at dino camp last year.

[Courtney Lauren Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dinosaur Babies by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld was an informational book hidden inside a non-fiction book. Although it is not a traditional informational book it offers so many facts throughout its pages. It tells the reader all about how dinosaurs lay eggs and what the eggs are like. It talks about fossils of babies and the eggs in nests. Then it talks about the dinosaur babies hatching and how the mother cares for them. It explains how they learn things from their mother by watching her just as human babies do. The author then tells about their survival and protection from predators. There are a lot of unanswered questions regarding dinosaurs but this book does a good job explaing some of the information we do know.

I think the author did a good job incorporating facts about dinosaurs in a story format. The text was easy to read and wasn't so bulky. The illustrations were nicely drawn and depicted just how I imagine the backgrounds and nests of dinosaurs to be, I think that the text and illustrations complimented each other very well. Overall I think the book was well done but could probably benefit from adding in fun facts or something along those lines to give additional information.

[Alex Martinez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dinosaur Babies is a nonfiction book by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. It is about being a baby dinosaur. Zoehfeld follows the life of a young dinosaur from birth. It talks about who takes care of the dinosaur, how it survives, and what life was like in general. The book also talks about the similarities of the dinosaur to modern birds and how they could have evolved from each other.

This is a well written book by Zoehfeld for young readers who want to learn about dinosaurs. The illustrations from this book are nicely done by Lucia Washburn. I think it would have been nice to see actual photos or real pictures of renditions of dinosaurs instead of drawn illustrations. I also think different forms of peritext would have been nice. There is an included activity for students to do, but i think it would be more useful to have a glossary and more explanations of what the book talks about.

[Gea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this whole series - Let's Read and Find out Science. Great pictures, interesting story/facts - I learn a lot from these books and so does my son.

[Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this to my daughter. It has a really fun look at many different theories about dinosaurs in general and the Maiasaura in particular. Fun children's book about dinosaurs.