Magic Color Skeleton: Amazing Dinosaur Discovery

by Shaheen Bilgrami, Treve Tamblin (Illustrations), Mike Phillips (Illustrator)

Hurry up, let's go--we're taking a trip to the dinosaur museum with Tom and his dad! And, Tom loves dinosaurs, so he has a scrapbook full of facts that you can look at, too. What will you see today? There's long-horned triceratops--and vegetarian stegosaurus with big bones all down his back. Hey--get a good look at the crested corythosaurus, apatosaurus with his large body and small head, and Tom's the mighty, sharp-toothed T rex. But, they're just bones--so it's up to you to make these prehistoric beasts appear in all their glory. And, the tab's the only magic wand you'll need.

Genres: Childrens

12 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 2002

Reviews

[Tavia · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Has pull out tabs so that you can see the dinosaur skeleton.
- The boy in the story makes his own scrapbook full of facts about dinosaurs. Children could compile their own factbook.
- Refers to length and weight - could link to a dinosaur maths activity.
- Discussion around fiction and non - fiction. The book is telling us about the story of Tom going to the museum, whilst his scrapbook (included within the book) is non - fiction and is very factual.
- Has postcards at the back of the book. What are postcards? When might you use these? Could you write your own postcard? What would you need to include?