The Day the Dinosaurs Died

by Charlotte Lewis Brown, Phil Wilson (Illustrator)

Presenting cutting-edge science to the youngest readers, The Day the Dinosaurs Died is a mesmerizing account of the end of the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were the biggest, most powerful animals that ever walked the earth. Now they are all gone, extinct. Bold illustrations and a dramatic text re-create the devastation sixty-five million years ago when a giant asteroid slammed into Earth, triggering global disasters and leading to massive worldwide extinctions.
The Day the Dinosaurs Died  is a Level Two I Can Read, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

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

48 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2006

About the author

I have always loved studying science and writing stories. I was thrilled to be able to combine these interests in my three non-fiction children’s books about prehistoric animals. When I am not writing or working as a vertebrate paleontologist, I keep busy teaching college-level classes on dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. I currently live in Western Washington.

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Places I have worked include:
Burke Museum in Seattle, WA
The Detroit Free Press
Science News Magazine
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC (as an intern)

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 5 year old and I read this book after he picked it out from the library. This is definitely a book for older kids. The content was scary for him, as well as the pictures. I found myself modifying the words as to downplay the severity of what happened.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really beats those scenes of slow, painful death into a kid. So of course mine liked it. She can't actually read this yet, so I got to enjoy the slowly suffocated, mice-eaten dinosaur death story too.

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the sentences jack up the flow of reading aloud, but maybe it was just me. It was my kids favorite book for weeks.

[Ashley Ott · Rating 4 out of 5]

• Nonfiction
• 2006
• Summary: A story about the theory that the dinosaurs died due to a meteor hitting the Earth. The author tells about seven different types of d
dinosaurs and what they were doing at the time the meteor hit. The story then explains what happened to dinosaurs near and far from where the
meteor struck.
• Evaluation: It is written for students who can read mostly by themselves, but need some guidance. The book has a list of how to pronounce each
dinosaurs name at the beginning. The story mentions that this is only one theory about what happened to the dinosaurs. The pictures of this book
show exactly what the author is explaining. The illustrations would help a struggling reader determine printed information.

Discussion Questions:
• Why do you think the Dramaeosaurus pack let the T-Rex have the food even though there were a few of them and only one T-Rex?
• What do you think will happen if the asteroid hits?
• What do you think will happen to dinosaurs that were not close to where it hit?

[Chinook · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great levelled reader about dinosaurs but it is hilariously rough to read to a three year old dinosaur lover. She didn’t want to learn about how they went extinct at all! Oops!

[RLL22017Julia Turnbough · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Day the Dinosaur Died is a story that may be based on the scientific theory that an asteroid struck the Earth and destroyed dinosaurs. The smoke, flames, and heat caused a tidal wave that created mudslides. The flames burned the vegetation and all the dinosaurs drowned, burned or eventually starved to death. I would recommend this book to children ages 4 to 8 years old.

[Kaileigh Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great at describing cause and effect. If this was something a child was interested in reading, it would be fun to use this book as a way to illustrate their own understanding through drawings or writing of all the things that happened in order, such as before the asteroid, when the asteroid hit, and after it hit. It would help the student visualize the event.

[Aj Fried · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not our favorite book...it's a bit dark in the description of the destruction of the dinosaurs--particularly as we are living in this current crazy time. We are passing this book on! And I am not one for super fluffy feely good books. We cover a lot of difficult realistic topics in our house, but this was all doom and gloom.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to modify this book for my sensitive 5yo. He didn't want to see the images of dinos eating other dinos. (He saw one such picture on the back of the book and asked me to check to see if the book was too sad.) And, I warned him, that the story was about how the dinosaurs died, so it would be sad, but even so, I thought it was a little too upsetting.

[Allyson Goose · Rating 5 out of 5]

My preschooler and kindergartener have asked to read this quite a few times, though it tends to lose the preschooler’s interest by the end. The back has some helpful notes about where the asteroid is theorized go have hit and where the dinosaurs in the book would have lived at the time of impact.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A recreation and speculation of how the once mighty dinosaurs who roamed the Earth for over 120 million years suddenly disappeared.

[Megan Farve · Rating 1 out of 5]

My child is still crying.

[Poonam Kalidas · Rating 3 out of 5]

My mom got this book with my four year old son from the library. It’s too much for this age group. Not sure if I loved it either . Much better books out there

[Samantha Penrose · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cool narrative chronicling what the final days of the dino's may have been like. See the dramatic last moments (a flash in the sky, a fiery meteor shower, a tidal wave, and a lack of food) from the perspective of a t-rex, some pterosaurs, a group of triceratops, a herd of parasorolophus and a handful of early mammals.

[Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every kid I had only wanted to read this book once. Fairly morbid and depressing depictions of dying dinosaurs. It did lead to a really good discussion though, on how the dinosaurs bit the dust. Get it?

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am surprised by how compelling this book is! I dreaded it for the three year old but he was riveted like big sis. The artwork is pretty bland but the story is quite engaging.

[Meryem · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was sad because dinosaurs died.