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Titanosaurio
¡Este libro cuenta la historia del descubrimiento de este nuevo dinosaurio en boca de los paleontólogos que lideraron la excavación! Desde su descubrimiento por un pastor del lugar hasta la culminación de la excavación, esta historia fascinante mantendrá en vilo a los lectores, y las preciosas ilustraciones los hipnotizarán.
40 pages, Paperback
First published February 26, 2019
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October 13, 2019
Wonderful book about how the largest dinosaur ever was found! The stories of how certain dinosaurs fossils were discovered are (very often) quite compelling adventure stories. There are probably so many other dinosaurs out there just waiting for future paleontologists to discover. A fun and informative book that will captivate young readers.
February 25, 2019
In 2016, the American Museum of Natural History added an exciting new exhibit to its dinosaur halls: a Titanosaur, the largest creature to ever walk the earth! This new picture-book, co-written by José Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, two paleontologists working at the MEF Museum in Patagonia (Argentina), details how their team excavated more than 180 Titanosaur bones from a ranch in the region, discovering the largest Titanosaur specimen yet...
Having been to see the awe-inspiring Titanosaur at the AMNH shortly after the new exhibit opened, I was quite excited when Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur came in to work! This is an outstanding work of picture-book non-fiction, with a main narrative spelling out the story of how the Titanosaur bones were discovered and then excavated, and sidebars giving more details about specific topics embedded in the story, from the importance of teamwork in the field, to the significance of teeth, in determining many things about the dinosaur in question. The artwork, done by Florencia Gigena, is accompanied by photographs from the dig. Engaging and informative, this book introduces young children to the biggest dinosaur of all time (that we currently know about, in any case). My only criticism would be with regard to the lack of any list of further reading ideas, but leaving that aside, this is an excellent non-fiction book for young would-be paleontologists.
Addendum: Given that the co-authors and illustrator of this book are Argentine, that this book was a joint publication of the MEF and the AMNH, and that a Spanish-language edition was published simultaneously with this one, I have added this book to my "Argentine children" shelf, even though the edition I read was published here in New York.
Having been to see the awe-inspiring Titanosaur at the AMNH shortly after the new exhibit opened, I was quite excited when Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur came in to work! This is an outstanding work of picture-book non-fiction, with a main narrative spelling out the story of how the Titanosaur bones were discovered and then excavated, and sidebars giving more details about specific topics embedded in the story, from the importance of teamwork in the field, to the significance of teeth, in determining many things about the dinosaur in question. The artwork, done by Florencia Gigena, is accompanied by photographs from the dig. Engaging and informative, this book introduces young children to the biggest dinosaur of all time (that we currently know about, in any case). My only criticism would be with regard to the lack of any list of further reading ideas, but leaving that aside, this is an excellent non-fiction book for young would-be paleontologists.
Addendum: Given that the co-authors and illustrator of this book are Argentine, that this book was a joint publication of the MEF and the AMNH, and that a Spanish-language edition was published simultaneously with this one, I have added this book to my "Argentine children" shelf, even though the edition I read was published here in New York.
April 26, 2019
One of my favorite things about my daughter (who is three) is that when we read books about real people, she always asks if we can meet them. Last night we read "Titanosaur" by José Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, and she was really excited that 1) the paleontology team was made of real people, who she could see in photographs, and 2) there were women on the paleontology team.
She wants to drive to Argentina and meet them and be "another girl" on their team.
This is a great book that tells an exciting story about discovery, and includes both photos and illustrations.
She wants to drive to Argentina and meet them and be "another girl" on their team.
This is a great book that tells an exciting story about discovery, and includes both photos and illustrations.
June 2, 2020
Just SO WELL WRITTEN!!! And available in Spanish!!!
LOVE that the authors are the Argentinian paleontologists, Dr. José Luis Carballido & Dr. Diego Pol, who led the team that uncovered the bones of this largest dinosaur. The narrative begins with a gaucho and his dog discovering part of a bone on his property and mentioning to the paleontologists when he visits the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio. Then the adventure begins.
The layout and design of this large format book are spectacular. Gigena's illustrations not only tell the story but also teach the reader. For example, in some illustrations, the reader sees the bones how they must have been laid out below ground. In another the reader peers at the work from a bird's eye view--you can get a feel for how massive each bone was and how many there were as you notice the size of a car and several people at the dig site. Actual photos from this adventure as well as defined vocabulary (e.g., team, paleontologist, research, transporting, etc) are integrated into sidebars.
Oh, my goodness…and at the end of the narrative, you turn to a two page photograph of the actual skeleton they built. It’s ginormous!!! I’m sure students will gasp when they see this.
And the purpose of the authors’ “Dear Reader” note at the end is to clearly inspire future paleontologists!
Highly recommend READING THIS ALOUD to students in k-3 (over a couple of lessons) and then leaving for them to grab up and read again. I’d use this with the older grades too – book talk and leave for small groups to discuss or make part of a text set. It’s even worthy of reading aloud to older students.
LOVE that the authors are the Argentinian paleontologists, Dr. José Luis Carballido & Dr. Diego Pol, who led the team that uncovered the bones of this largest dinosaur. The narrative begins with a gaucho and his dog discovering part of a bone on his property and mentioning to the paleontologists when he visits the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio. Then the adventure begins.
The layout and design of this large format book are spectacular. Gigena's illustrations not only tell the story but also teach the reader. For example, in some illustrations, the reader sees the bones how they must have been laid out below ground. In another the reader peers at the work from a bird's eye view--you can get a feel for how massive each bone was and how many there were as you notice the size of a car and several people at the dig site. Actual photos from this adventure as well as defined vocabulary (e.g., team, paleontologist, research, transporting, etc) are integrated into sidebars.
Oh, my goodness…and at the end of the narrative, you turn to a two page photograph of the actual skeleton they built. It’s ginormous!!! I’m sure students will gasp when they see this.
And the purpose of the authors’ “Dear Reader” note at the end is to clearly inspire future paleontologists!
Highly recommend READING THIS ALOUD to students in k-3 (over a couple of lessons) and then leaving for them to grab up and read again. I’d use this with the older grades too – book talk and leave for small groups to discuss or make part of a text set. It’s even worthy of reading aloud to older students.
May 17, 2021
2021 book 90: I'm back to reading Young Hoosier titles for 2021/2022. Even though I'm retired, I realize I miss learning about a lot of things by not being actively involved in education. One of the things I missed out on - the discovery of the world's largest dinosaur. While this book is intended for the k-7 market, for those who want to know a bit about the changes in the sciences, it becomes an excellent read for adults. I love how the authors have included sidebars providing the meanings for terms, listing the tools used by archaeologists, what goes on at a dig and how archaeologists live on a dig. The illustrations are clear and do not talk down to students, while providing a full picture of the size and efforts needed to extract these fossils. One of the amazing facts I learned was not in the book, but in the author's notes. I did not realize that the South American team in Patagonia had discovered not just this Titanosaur, but over 20 new species of dinosaurs, crocs, and other vertebrates. We don't get enough news from South America in our general news streams.
September 12, 2019
Goes through the process of uncovering a specific Titanosaur skeleton - how the paleontologists work, how the titanosaur lived - all cool stuff.
July 19, 2019
Very engaging telling of the discovery and excavation of the largest dinosaur in the world. The immediate story is told with illustrations, while panels with mostly photos give more detail and thescience behind the scenes.
March 3, 2019
I love that this is written by the two paleontologist that led the excavation, and that they included so many of the community members that were involved.
March 4, 2019
Beautiful mix of story, facts, art work, and photographs.
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October 10, 2019"Titanosaur" is a narrative non-fiction book that tells the story of how a paleontology crew discovered the world's biggest dinosaur fossil: that of a Titanosaur. The story takes place int he mid-west where a farmer discovers what appears to be a dinosaur bone on his ranch. After reaching out to a local museum, the scientists are intrigued, and go to check it out. There, they spend weeks digging up hundreds of bones in order to reveal a fully-intact, ginormous Titanosaur skeleton. After lots of trails and struggles, such as having to create a new road to transport the dinosaur, the scientists are able to safely move the fossil to the museum, scan the bones, and place it on display for the public as the largest dinosaur on record.
This book was an exciting and easy to follow read. It was full of fun facts, as well as told in a narrative style by the actual paleontologists who completed the dig. This ensured that the information given was factual and accurate. I think that students would really enjoy this book simple because of the content, but also knowing that it was a true story would add an additional "wow" factor. The book was all written in kid-friendly language, making it very appropriate for a classroom. It even took the time to define new vocab words so that a students could read and understand the book independently. Overall, I enjoyed the book, and while it was quite long, found its content concise and interesting.
This book was an excellent example of a non-fiction text with lots of text features, so I would use it to teach a lesson introducing the genre of non-fiction. Students would be able to observe pictures, illustration, captions, side-bars, and important terms. Before reading, I would introduce these features, have an anchor chart displayed with descriptions/examples, and have students identify different features as we read. Also, I believe that non-fiction typically gets a bad reputation for being boring and disconnected, so introducing a non-ficton texts that is told in a story format (with dinosaurs nonetheless), will get students more excited about non-fiction.
This book was an exciting and easy to follow read. It was full of fun facts, as well as told in a narrative style by the actual paleontologists who completed the dig. This ensured that the information given was factual and accurate. I think that students would really enjoy this book simple because of the content, but also knowing that it was a true story would add an additional "wow" factor. The book was all written in kid-friendly language, making it very appropriate for a classroom. It even took the time to define new vocab words so that a students could read and understand the book independently. Overall, I enjoyed the book, and while it was quite long, found its content concise and interesting.
This book was an excellent example of a non-fiction text with lots of text features, so I would use it to teach a lesson introducing the genre of non-fiction. Students would be able to observe pictures, illustration, captions, side-bars, and important terms. Before reading, I would introduce these features, have an anchor chart displayed with descriptions/examples, and have students identify different features as we read. Also, I believe that non-fiction typically gets a bad reputation for being boring and disconnected, so introducing a non-ficton texts that is told in a story format (with dinosaurs nonetheless), will get students more excited about non-fiction.
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October 11, 2019Summary:
Titanosaur is a book about discovering the worlds largest dinosaur. This discovery happened due to a Goucho and his sheepdog finding a bone on their ranch. Scientists came to look at it and decided it was worth digging up. After they dug it up, they saw it was 7 feet and 10 inches long. They realized it was the biggest dinosaur that had ever been dug up! They then assembled a bigger team of scientists to dig up more bones. They dug up so many bones that they realized they had dug up multiple dinosaurs. They brought all the bones they found back to the lab to study them and assemble the skeleton, confirming their suspicions that they had found the worlds largest dinosaur.
Evaluation:
I loved reading this book. Jose Luis Carballido did an amazing job of telling a story of finding the largest dinosaur in a fun way that is very engaging for students. Not only are the words engaging, but the pictures as well. It pulls the reader into the story and makes them feel like they're an archaeologist. I would recommend this book to students Kindergarten-5th grade. I think all students would benefit from reading this story.
Teaching Point:
This book could be used to teach the 1st grade archaeologist standard. It could be used at the beginning of a unit on archaeologists to engage students and give them an overview of what an archaeologist does. It could also be used to teach how to write a non-fiction book. At the end of the unit on archaeologists students could "become" archaeologists and write a story based on their findings. Not only could it be used to teach Social Studies, but to incorporate an ELA standard as well.
Titanosaur is a book about discovering the worlds largest dinosaur. This discovery happened due to a Goucho and his sheepdog finding a bone on their ranch. Scientists came to look at it and decided it was worth digging up. After they dug it up, they saw it was 7 feet and 10 inches long. They realized it was the biggest dinosaur that had ever been dug up! They then assembled a bigger team of scientists to dig up more bones. They dug up so many bones that they realized they had dug up multiple dinosaurs. They brought all the bones they found back to the lab to study them and assemble the skeleton, confirming their suspicions that they had found the worlds largest dinosaur.
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I loved reading this book. Jose Luis Carballido did an amazing job of telling a story of finding the largest dinosaur in a fun way that is very engaging for students. Not only are the words engaging, but the pictures as well. It pulls the reader into the story and makes them feel like they're an archaeologist. I would recommend this book to students Kindergarten-5th grade. I think all students would benefit from reading this story.
Teaching Point:
This book could be used to teach the 1st grade archaeologist standard. It could be used at the beginning of a unit on archaeologists to engage students and give them an overview of what an archaeologist does. It could also be used to teach how to write a non-fiction book. At the end of the unit on archaeologists students could "become" archaeologists and write a story based on their findings. Not only could it be used to teach Social Studies, but to incorporate an ELA standard as well.
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October 10, 2019Titanosaur is written by the paleontologists that led the dig for the discovery of the largest dinosaur. It takes readers on the journey of the discovery from the local herder that discovered the first bone, through the excavation, to the museum. It even opens up at the end to show what the final product looks like in the museum!
I think this was a very informative, but fun book. It included real facts and events, since it was written by people that were actually there. It also included pictures and illustrations to make students feel like they were in on the action.
Teachers could use this book to teach about the jobs of paleontologists. It could also be used if children were having to complete research on the job or dinosaurs.
I think this was a very informative, but fun book. It included real facts and events, since it was written by people that were actually there. It also included pictures and illustrations to make students feel like they were in on the action.
Teachers could use this book to teach about the jobs of paleontologists. It could also be used if children were having to complete research on the job or dinosaurs.
January 9, 2020
This book is so cool and would have appealed strongly to my young, dinosaur-loving heart when I was a child. I really liked the combo of illustrations and photos, as well as the fact that the authors are the people who actually dug the dinosaur up! It makes me want to quit my job and become a paleontologist.
April 11, 2022
So many kids dinosaur books take a subject fascinating to little kids and present it in inaccessibly dry, scientific terms. This attractive picture book tells the true story of a scientific discovery in a way that preserves the immediacy of wonder. It's still a little wordy for very young audiences, but my pre-K classes were absolutely enraptured.
March 11, 2020
A non-fiction account of the find of a lifetime: a Titanosaur in Argentina. From being found on a ranch to making its' way to a museum, this book walks us through the steps this dinosaur skeleton took to become part of our scientific body of knowledge.
September 5, 2021
Very well done. Everything is thoughtfully laid out, even down to the end papers. It's really neat that this book is written by the paleontologists themselves and it's nice to see photographs from the actual dig incorporated throughout the text (which features primarily Florencia Gigena's illustrations) in side bars. Appreciate that it starts, not with the paleontologists arriving on the scene, but with the gaucho who found the fossil -- and that the name of his family's ranch was incorporated into the dinosaur's official scientific name. Also shows that many locals came to help at the dig site. Does a great job not only with the dig site aspect but also in showing what it takes to get a dinosaur displayed in a museum such as the work creating replicas and mounting the skeleton. A bit wordy for the littles, I recommend this for elementary-age dino enthusiasts.
May 9, 2021
I never understand picture books that are written with big words and big concepts. Little kids won’t understand them, but big ones won’t read them.
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October 3, 2019Summary: This book gives us many facts, but in the sense of a story. Titanosaur takes the reader on journey that the paleontologists went through to find the largest dinosaur of all time. It starts from the digging of the dinosaur, to the paleontologists putting the pieces back together to form the biggest dinosaur ever found.
Evaluation: This book won the mock Sibert award in class, which I thought was the correct choice. This was a great non fiction book written as a story to take readers on the journey of the paleontologists to find the Titanosaur. I like how the book had a glossary, index, photographs, and much more information to expand on the information given to us in the book. I also enjoyed the picture of the Titanosaur at the end of the book.
Teaching Idea: I would use the book Titanosaur to teach students about the characteristics of nonfiction books. We would go on a scavenger hunt through the book to find different things in the book such as the glossary, index, and real pictures. We would first talk about what each thing is used for, and then have students go find that in the book.
Evaluation: This book won the mock Sibert award in class, which I thought was the correct choice. This was a great non fiction book written as a story to take readers on the journey of the paleontologists to find the Titanosaur. I like how the book had a glossary, index, photographs, and much more information to expand on the information given to us in the book. I also enjoyed the picture of the Titanosaur at the end of the book.
Teaching Idea: I would use the book Titanosaur to teach students about the characteristics of nonfiction books. We would go on a scavenger hunt through the book to find different things in the book such as the glossary, index, and real pictures. We would first talk about what each thing is used for, and then have students go find that in the book.
September 21, 2019
A really cool book told as a story about finding Titanosaur bones.
April 16, 2019
Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur is a children's picture book written by the team of José Luis Carballido and Diego Pol and illustrated by Florencia Gigena. It relates the story on how these two paleontologists and their team found the world’s biggest dinosaur – the Titanosaur.
The text is rather simplistic, straightforward, and informative. It centers on a dig that the authors and paleontologists José Luis Carballido and Diego Pol worked on in Patagonia, Argentina where they discovered Titanosaur – the largest creature to walk the Earth. Real pictures and factoids littered throughout the book that gives a well-rounded feel to the story. Gigena's illustrations are drawn rather realistic, depicting how a dig may look like rather well.
The premise of the book is rather straightforward. It narrates how the site was innocently discovered and the procedures of how a team of paleontologists take the fossils from the ground and transfer them for study and later displayed in a museum. It is a wonderful book for a dinosaur aficionado, both young and old.
All in all, Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur is a wonderful book that shows the inner workings of a dinosaur dig – one with such great significance with finding the largest creature to walk the Earth – the Titanosaur.
The text is rather simplistic, straightforward, and informative. It centers on a dig that the authors and paleontologists José Luis Carballido and Diego Pol worked on in Patagonia, Argentina where they discovered Titanosaur – the largest creature to walk the Earth. Real pictures and factoids littered throughout the book that gives a well-rounded feel to the story. Gigena's illustrations are drawn rather realistic, depicting how a dig may look like rather well.
The premise of the book is rather straightforward. It narrates how the site was innocently discovered and the procedures of how a team of paleontologists take the fossils from the ground and transfer them for study and later displayed in a museum. It is a wonderful book for a dinosaur aficionado, both young and old.
All in all, Titanosaur: Discovering the World's Largest Dinosaur is a wonderful book that shows the inner workings of a dinosaur dig – one with such great significance with finding the largest creature to walk the Earth – the Titanosaur.
June 13, 2019
I picked this book up at the library because my youngest granddaughter loves dinosaurs. Little did I know how very wonderful it is!
Of course, it is a story of discovery, a recent one, and one that is told in the text, with the "real" pictures and explanation of terms and process placed with the story, page by page. The story is of the biggest titanosaur found (later discovered to be a new species of titanosaur as well), hence a huge picture book is needed to include all the information. The comparison given is it was as large as ten 7-ton elephants.
Scholastic and the American Museum of Natural History collaborated to create this fabulous new book. It's written by the paleontologists who led the dig and illustrated by Florencia Gigena in beautiful pages, sometimes double-page spreads. The titanosaur's new scientific name, Patagotitan mayorum, includes the name of the country where found, Patagonia, ranch owner on whose land it was found, Mayo.
Added back matter includes a glossary and extra information, more photographs from the dig, and an inside jacket poster of the Titanosaur. If studying dinosaurs and paleontology, this will please a wide variety of readers.
Of course, it is a story of discovery, a recent one, and one that is told in the text, with the "real" pictures and explanation of terms and process placed with the story, page by page. The story is of the biggest titanosaur found (later discovered to be a new species of titanosaur as well), hence a huge picture book is needed to include all the information. The comparison given is it was as large as ten 7-ton elephants.
Scholastic and the American Museum of Natural History collaborated to create this fabulous new book. It's written by the paleontologists who led the dig and illustrated by Florencia Gigena in beautiful pages, sometimes double-page spreads. The titanosaur's new scientific name, Patagotitan mayorum, includes the name of the country where found, Patagonia, ranch owner on whose land it was found, Mayo.
Added back matter includes a glossary and extra information, more photographs from the dig, and an inside jacket poster of the Titanosaur. If studying dinosaurs and paleontology, this will please a wide variety of readers.
March 18, 2019
Love the format with the text of the story accompanied by boxes with definitions or further information. The excitement of the discovery and the work involved to dig out and move the bones is conveyed well through the text and illustrations, which include some photographs. The photographs include people involved from the crew using power tools to move rocks to plastering bones to the family that owned the ranch on which the discovery was made. A good melding with the artwork created by Gigena. End papers include a map of South America and a star showing the location of Patagonia, helpful for readers unsure of the location. The last photo shows the immense skeleton filling the warehouse to give a sense of just how large this titanosaur was.
A couple minuses for me -- while titanosaurs are defined as sauropods, there's nothing about where the name comes from. Also, while there's the statement that this particular titanosaur is the biggest one ever found, there isn't anything to support that --how much larger is this titanosuar than the other largest / how large was the previous largest dinosaur?
A couple minuses for me -- while titanosaurs are defined as sauropods, there's nothing about where the name comes from. Also, while there's the statement that this particular titanosaur is the biggest one ever found, there isn't anything to support that --how much larger is this titanosuar than the other largest / how large was the previous largest dinosaur?
November 5, 2019
Titanosaur by Dr. Jose LuisCarballido and Dr. Diego Pol and Illustrated by Florencia Gigena. PICTURE BOOK. Orchard Books (Scholastic), 2019. $19. 9781338207392
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
When a farmer finds a dinosaur bone on his land in Argentina, it is brought to the attention of paleontologists. Its starts a massive dig for the largest dinosaur bones ever found –from a 100 million year old sauropod, with lots of extra discoveries along the way. Fully illustrated with large pages.
This is a top notch book which, per my wildest wishes, is not only illustrated, but contains fact boxes, tons of photographs of the dig, the bones, the scientists and more. Young readers will love this book and there is just enough information to present for K-2. This book will have students wanting to become paleontologists right away because it reads like a treasure finding story. One of my favorite non-fiction books I have reviewed in a LONG time.
Reviewer: Stephanie MLS & Author
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BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
When a farmer finds a dinosaur bone on his land in Argentina, it is brought to the attention of paleontologists. Its starts a massive dig for the largest dinosaur bones ever found –from a 100 million year old sauropod, with lots of extra discoveries along the way. Fully illustrated with large pages.
This is a top notch book which, per my wildest wishes, is not only illustrated, but contains fact boxes, tons of photographs of the dig, the bones, the scientists and more. Young readers will love this book and there is just enough information to present for K-2. This book will have students wanting to become paleontologists right away because it reads like a treasure finding story. One of my favorite non-fiction books I have reviewed in a LONG time.
Reviewer: Stephanie MLS & Author
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
December 29, 2018
Outstanding! This is the true story of the discovery, excavation, transport, study and assembly of the largest dinosaur skeleton found so far. The text is admirably informative and clearly written for young readers while still conveying a sense of the wonder and excitement of the discovery. Written by the paleontologists who led the dig, the book has a you-are-there feel that is going to inspire a lot of aspiring scientists.
Florencia Gigena's sweeping watercolor illustrations not only highlight specific information in the text and provide related facts but they add a wonderful sense of the grand scale of the creatures and the location. Actual photographs of the process are also included overlying the illustrations throughout the book - a really wonderful addition.
There are a zillion dinosaur books out there for kids but this one is truly special!
Read in galley and I can't wait to see the finished copy
Florencia Gigena's sweeping watercolor illustrations not only highlight specific information in the text and provide related facts but they add a wonderful sense of the grand scale of the creatures and the location. Actual photographs of the process are also included overlying the illustrations throughout the book - a really wonderful addition.
There are a zillion dinosaur books out there for kids but this one is truly special!
Read in galley and I can't wait to see the finished copy
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July 8, 2019Slightly oversized picture book treatment of the discovery and excavation of the world's largest dinosaur bones in Argentina. Beautiful paintings illustrated the text and sidebars add extra scientific information along with photos of the scientists and the dig. Sure to please any budding paleontologist. My only quibble is the fact the authors chose not to name the gaucho who discovered the femur and who made the trek to the museum with the information. I am always telling my students to give credit for sources. Surely he deserved a lot more credit than, "a gaucho?" I also wondered about the destruction of the the land on the ranch in the name of science. Sure, the team dug the bones out carefully, but was the land restored when work was complete? Why did they need to build a road? Was the owner compensated?
June 15, 2019
Bookaday #18. Only an oversized book format could work for a dinosaur names Titanosaur! I was hooked at the border collie on the front end pages! Love the emphasis on the teamwork aspect of a dinosaur discovery expedition. The format of the book was appealing, with the narrative of the expedition framed by side bars of definitions and details of the project. The so so illustrations are made up by the inclusion of photos from the actual dig. Love the fact that the book creative team is composed of the Argentinians involved from the local museum and only a mention of the American museum on the jacket flap.
August 15, 2019
I especially like this book because my name is Titan and it is cool to have a dinosaur with the same name. This book talks about fossils. Fossils are bones that are delicate. Scientists have to be careful when uncovering fossils. One dinosaur bone of a leg is longer than a man. A Titanosaur is a plant eating dinosaur with a long tail, long neck, and tiny head. It lived over 120 million years ago. It's neck is longer than a school bus! It took scientist 15 days to uncover the dinosaur baby fossil. In one day it can eat a whole soccer field of grass! I liked learning about this dinosaur. The pictures could be a little better though. (by Titan, 3rd grade)
May 24, 2019
A super cool TRUE story, told with a fantastic layout. (That double-page spread at the end, with the photo of the skeleton surrounded by workers..... wow. Sure makes me glad they found a sauropod, and not a carnivore!)
I love how you could read the story straight through or stop to read the sidebars for more information. None of it was too tough for kids to follow!
I love how you could read the story straight through or stop to read the sidebars for more information. None of it was too tough for kids to follow!
March 11, 2019
The story of a discovery of a large dinosaur - the largest one found at the time. Told with illustrated text and some photo and illustration inserts that explain more about the process and the parts of a dinosaur.
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March 14, 2019Very well done. The story was not interrupted by the little side bars in different font or size that gave definitions of things like fossils or working as a team. Getting the picture of the big titanosaur at the end was really cool.
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