Saturday, February 1, 2014

Born to Be Giants by Lita Judge*

"How Baby Dinosaurs Grew to Rule the World"
An unique perspective on baby dinosaurs-discoveries of fossilized eggs, embryos, nests etc. and then inferring how their beginnings were like.
The layout and tone is like a story but this "little" book is packed with new information and perspectives.
Evolutionists viewpoint but one part I think supports Creationist viewpoint (a fossilized mammal is found with remains of a dinosaurs (a Repenomamus was found with a baby Psittacosaurus in its ribcage).

Text structures: In the back- different time periods time line, a blurb about each dinosaur featured in the text with its pronunciation, comparing sizes-a drawing of a human next to each featured dinosaur, a glossary, bibliography, and author's note (her background as a geologist-fascinating and encouraging)

Strategies: determining importance, reading NF, inferring

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