Dry Bones and Other Fossils

by Gary Parker

Fall in step with the Parker family as they travel the country investigating fossil graveyards. Learn how fossils are formed, found, and displayed. A full-color journey through a part of the earth's h

Genres: Science, Dinosaurs, Animals

80 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1979

About the author

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Biologist Dr. Gary Parker, along with his wife, Mary, was with Answers in Genesis as senior lecturer since AiG’s first year (1994, and remained full-time until 1999). Dr. Parker was also the head of the science department at Clearwater Christian College (CCC) in Florida. For twelve years, he served on the science faculty of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in the San Diego area.
Dr. Parker began his teaching career as a non-Christian and evolutionist. The details of his spiritual and scientific conversion, From Evolution to Creation (available as a booklet and DVD), include comic incidents. For example, he was a participant in a debate where his science department, defending the Bible, debated the Bible department, which was defending evolution!
En route to his B.A. in Biology/Chemistry, M.S. in Biology/Physiology, and Ed.D. in Biology/Geology from Ball State, Dr. Parker earned several academic awards, including admission to Phi Beta Kappa (the national scholastic honorary), election to the American Society of Zoologists (for his research on tadpoles), and a fifteen-month fellowship award from the National Science Foundation.
He has published five programmed textbooks in biology and six books in creation science (the latter translated into a total of eight languages), has appeared in numerous films and television programs, and has lectured worldwide on creation.

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

This was interesting as the Dad of the book and a child per chapter discuss fossils, evolution vs. Creation, etc. My son would ask me to read more and more, so he liked it. It is from a Creationist point of view and mentions belief in God and the flood. I liked the information, for the most part. I think and evolutionist may have a hard time reading it, but it does give you what a creationist may believe. Again, I am reading both theories with my kids. I actually think Creationist have more evidence than I realized, growing up learning evolution myself, and reading many books on evolution over the years. I do think it is worthwhile to study both. This may be a good "introductory" to some kids, but it is for Christians, because on the last page it talks about how to talk to your kids about Christ. The fossil tools and finding were a helpful section if you wanted to look for your own fossils.

[Natasha]

This book includes five chapters told in conversational style between a father and his son and daughter, about what fossils are, why they're found in groups, how old they are, and if fossils support a creation or evolution viewpoint. The illustrations are okay. My son wanted to give this 5 stars, but for me personally it's not quite there, although I am thankful for such resources.

[Dori Stowell]

I love the content of this book, but find the conversation back and forth hard to read to my kids.

[Leichty Library]

Copies: 1

[Ria]

It was okay. Just okay.

[Tammy]

Very repetitive! Very!!

[Lisa]

Presents a young-earth creationist point of view on the fossil record for young children. I don't care for the question-and-answer format.