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1) Fossil fever
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jeff must learn patience when he accompanies his uncle on an expedition to hunt for dinosaur fossils in the Sahara Desert. Based on the real discovery of Afrovenator by Paul Sereno in 1993.
2) Big tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
3) Fraud squad
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Robyn, Nick and Trevor learn about paleontology as they try to solve a mystery at a local dinosaur dig.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In the mid-1870s, young teenage scout Thad Longsworth, blood brother to the Sioux visionary Black Elk, finds his destiny linked with that of three rival teams of paleontologists searching for dinosaur bones, as the Great Plains Indians prepare to go to war against the white man.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Baby Scientist is an adorable board book series that brings fun, accessible science concepts to baby’s world using simple language, recognizable settings, and vibrant art. Read them all with your baby scientist! Baby Paleontologist digs for fossils. With his pickax and brush, he discovers plants and animals that lived long, long ago. What stories do fossils tell? What did dinosaurs look like? Find out with Baby Paleontologist!
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dan would rather dig for dinosaur bones in his back yard than go to a "musty, smelly and dusty" museum with his mother, though all he uncovers is some trash and an odd looking stone which he keeps throwing to his dog Bouncer, to chase.
11) Ghost horses
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Sixteen-year-old Tabitha, the daughter of a preacher who believes science is Satan's work, longs to study at a university and dig for dinosaur bones, but in South Dakota at the end of the nineteenth century such ambitions are discouraged.
12) A mysterious egg
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
During a summer at his grandparents' dinosaur museum and dig, the Dinosaur Education Center of Wyoming, Frank, aided by his cousin Sam and cat Saurus, cares for a newly-hatched dinosaur while trying to keep its existence secret, both from his grandparents and from the neighbors.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Traveling back millions of years in the past, the Secret Explorers must rescue a precious dinosaur egg. In their quest, Tamiko and Cheng attempt to fend off angry Allosauruses, but what will they do when the egg starts to hatch?" -- Cover.
14) Too big to hide
Author
Series
Dino files volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nine-year-old Frank, his cousin Sam, and cat Saurus's efforts to keep Peanut the newly-hatched dinosaur's existence a secret become more complicated when their grandmother finds a new fossil that looks like Peanut's horn, but a thousand times bigger, and a crew comes to make a movie about it.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Learning about paleontology and fossil hunting under renowned scientist Dr. Iris Prez while attending summer camp in Colorado, the Aldens investigate an outbreak of strange events that local superstition attributes to a bigfoot creature roaming the valley.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
What would happen if you went back in time? Imagine stepping into the Stone Age and meeting some Neanderthals. Would it be a peaceful encounter or a Stone-Age smackdown? What if you went back to when dinosaurs roamed? Would you be a tasty snack for a T-Rex or the first human to tame fire? Remember, in a time before recorded history, just about everything could kill you. You Choose Books offer an exciting, immersive nonfiction learning experience where...