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Could You Survive the Jurassic Period?
An Interactive Prehistoric Adventure - 29 choices, 14 endings
You've just been sucked back in time millions of years! Grasses sway higher than your head. Huge insects swarm the skies and fearsome dinosaurs rule the landscape. Do you think have what it takes to survive in the Jurassic Period? Turn the pages to find out!
You've just been sucked back in time millions of years! Grasses sway higher than your head. Huge insects swarm the skies and fearsome dinosaurs rule the landscape. Do you think have what it takes to survive in the Jurassic Period? Turn the pages to find out!
- GenresAnimals
112 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2020
About the author
Matt Doeden
474 books26 followersMatt Doeden was born in southern Minnesota and lived parts of his childhood in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Madison, Minnesota. He studied journalism at Mankato State University, where he worked at the college newspaper for three years. In his senior year, he served as the paper's Sports Editor, which put him in charge of the entire sports section, the sports writers, and the photographers. He covered mostly college sports, but also the Minnesota Vikings, who held training camp at MSU.
His work allowed him to meet and interview people like Dennis Green, Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and more. Matt went on to work as a sports writer for the Mankato paper, and then he got a job as an editor with a small children's publisher called Capstone Press, and in 2003 he decided to start his own business as a freelance writer and editor.
Since then, Matt has written and edited hundreds of books. Lots of them are on high-interest topics like cars, sports, and airplanes. He also writes and edits on geography, science, and even math.
His work allowed him to meet and interview people like Dennis Green, Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and more. Matt went on to work as a sports writer for the Mankato paper, and then he got a job as an editor with a small children's publisher called Capstone Press, and in 2003 he decided to start his own business as a freelance writer and editor.
Since then, Matt has written and edited hundreds of books. Lots of them are on high-interest topics like cars, sports, and airplanes. He also writes and edits on geography, science, and even math.
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November 12, 2022
It's been a long time since I read a choose your own adventure book.
This was not nearly as fun as I remember them.
I def see how much fun this would be a for a tiny human, but as an adult it was lacking.
It's a quick read, but not overly exciting.
I read this several times so I could experience all the options, but don't think I would try another.
This was not nearly as fun as I remember them.
I def see how much fun this would be a for a tiny human, but as an adult it was lacking.
It's a quick read, but not overly exciting.
I read this several times so I could experience all the options, but don't think I would try another.
November 30, 2020
Now, this was fun! I’m so glad to see these books on the shelves. I have always wondered why they didn’t market these younger adventure stories sooner. I remember reading and loving The Choose Your Own Adventure Stories that my sons would read, when they were younger. They’re wonderful and addictive, once you get started.
Reading a You Choose Your Way book is like being the captain of a ship, as you’ll get to choose your own destiny in the book. You, yes you, are a character in the story. After reading a section in the book, you’ll be asked two questions and you’ll have to decide which one of the questions you want to do. Don’t think too long, just put yourself in the story and act. It’s pretty simple yet your consequences are another story as they could be simple or severe. Oh, there’s no peeking, so you shouldn’t look ahead to see if you should do the first task or the second one, just make a decision and go for it. Continue in this fashion until you reach the page where the book tells you that you’ve reached The End. Now, you won’t be at the end of the book heck, you haven’t even read all the pages, so start the book over and choose some different options this time and see how you do this time. It’s really quite fun!
In this You Choose story, you are in the science museum with your class, looking at a dinosaur fossil exhibit with your friend Eduardo, who is dinosaur obsessed. Eduardo shows Jasmine that he knows his dinosaurs, after she expressed her reaction to the exhibit. The class is moving on but the three of them stay at the exhibit. Eduardo sees this as the perfect opportunity for which he makes a suggestion and now, the three of them are reaching for the dinosaur fossil. Black-Out!
They awake to a blue sky, ferns surrounding them and a shadow flying by. Wait, that was not a shadow! That a pterosaur!
Reading a You Choose story, you get to choose your own path throughout the story. I was cautious my first time through and I lived a long life. A long, studious life. I reread the book over and over again, taking different paths each time and well, I didn’t do so well in my other lives. I had great adventures, saw many things but living a long life was not one of them. “As you faced your doom, you can’t help but feel cheated.” So, yes, you can get eaten in this book but it’s not in a gross and descriptive way, you die.
The illustrations in the book are gray, dark green and white in color. Again, nothing gross in nature but the dinosaurs look fierce and they’re not cartoonish. You need to be aware of this when letting young ones read this book. These books are like having a collection of stories at your disposal. I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series. 5 stars.
Reading a You Choose Your Way book is like being the captain of a ship, as you’ll get to choose your own destiny in the book. You, yes you, are a character in the story. After reading a section in the book, you’ll be asked two questions and you’ll have to decide which one of the questions you want to do. Don’t think too long, just put yourself in the story and act. It’s pretty simple yet your consequences are another story as they could be simple or severe. Oh, there’s no peeking, so you shouldn’t look ahead to see if you should do the first task or the second one, just make a decision and go for it. Continue in this fashion until you reach the page where the book tells you that you’ve reached The End. Now, you won’t be at the end of the book heck, you haven’t even read all the pages, so start the book over and choose some different options this time and see how you do this time. It’s really quite fun!
In this You Choose story, you are in the science museum with your class, looking at a dinosaur fossil exhibit with your friend Eduardo, who is dinosaur obsessed. Eduardo shows Jasmine that he knows his dinosaurs, after she expressed her reaction to the exhibit. The class is moving on but the three of them stay at the exhibit. Eduardo sees this as the perfect opportunity for which he makes a suggestion and now, the three of them are reaching for the dinosaur fossil. Black-Out!
They awake to a blue sky, ferns surrounding them and a shadow flying by. Wait, that was not a shadow! That a pterosaur!
Reading a You Choose story, you get to choose your own path throughout the story. I was cautious my first time through and I lived a long life. A long, studious life. I reread the book over and over again, taking different paths each time and well, I didn’t do so well in my other lives. I had great adventures, saw many things but living a long life was not one of them. “As you faced your doom, you can’t help but feel cheated.” So, yes, you can get eaten in this book but it’s not in a gross and descriptive way, you die.
The illustrations in the book are gray, dark green and white in color. Again, nothing gross in nature but the dinosaurs look fierce and they’re not cartoonish. You need to be aware of this when letting young ones read this book. These books are like having a collection of stories at your disposal. I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series. 5 stars.
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June 29, 2021School Library Journal recommends this book for grades 3 – 7.
Note: Content consultant, Mathew Wedel, PhD.
You've just been sucked back in time millions of years! Grasses sway higher than your head. Huge insects swarm the skies and fearsome dinosaurs rule the landscape. Do you think have what it takes to survive in the Jurassic Period? Turn the pages to find out!
Reading Level: 570L Lexile
Decoding demand: 88 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 80 (high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile
Note: Content consultant, Mathew Wedel, PhD.
You've just been sucked back in time millions of years! Grasses sway higher than your head. Huge insects swarm the skies and fearsome dinosaurs rule the landscape. Do you think have what it takes to survive in the Jurassic Period? Turn the pages to find out!
Reading Level: 570L Lexile
Decoding demand: 88 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 80 (high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile
February 27, 2021
It's no secret that I have a lifelong obsession with dinosaurs, so this one was just so perfect for me.
September 16, 2021
A great resource to help kids learn about the Jurassic period.
June 2, 2023
I choose my own adventure and lived forever with dinosaurs 🦕.
Very creative book.
Very creative book.
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