Scholastic, 1995
"For each letter of the alphabet, a dinosaur is illustrated with boldly imagined -- if somewhat fantastical -- paintings, along with a black-and-white sketch of its skeleton. The text points out two or three notable elements about each creature, and a useful appendix includes information on diet, habitat, size, where fossils are found, and the meaning of names" (Horn Book) Reading Level: 2.9; Accelerated Reader: 4.5
Asteroid impact, by Doug Henderson
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000
Text and illustrations explore the theory that the collision of an asteroid
with the Earth ended the Cretaceous Period and caused the extinction of
the dinosaurs.
Reading Level: 4.7; Accelerated Reader: 6.4
Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar, by Nic
Bishop. Houghton Mifflin, 2000
The story of Cathy Forster's experiences as a member of a team of paleontologists
who went on an expedition to the island of Madagascar in 1998 to search
for fossil birds. Reading Level: 6.2; Accelerated Reader: 6.9
history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer : true dinosaur story in three ages ... by Barbara Kerley. Scholastic, 2001
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals were like. Reading Level: 4.5; Accelerated Reader: 5.0
Feathered Dinosaurs, by Christopher Sloan
National Geographic Society, 2000
Looks at the evidence of dinosaurs with skeletal structures and feathers
so similar to birds and why that is convincing many scientists that birds
evolved from dinosaurs. Reading level: 6.8; Accelerated Reader: 7.1
Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth, by Sally
M. Walker
Carol Rhoda, 2002
Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed
to be extinct, and subsequent research about it. Reading Level: 5.9; Accelerated
Reader: 7.0
Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor, by Mark Norell
Doubleday, 1999
Discusses how the authors became paleontologists and describes their expeditions
to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and the important fossils they found there.
Reading Level: 6.0; Accelerated Reader: 7.4
Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs, by Dougal Dixon
Boyd Mills Press, 1998
The fossil hunters. The life and times of dinosaurs, from their evolution to the present-day discovery of their fossils.
Dinosaur Worlds: New Dinosaurs, New Discoveries, by Don Lessem
Boyd Mills Press, 1996
Reconstructions of sixteen prehistoric habitats and examinations of fossil
evidence that place dinosaurs in their ecological roles and tell the story
of the dinosaurs' rise and fall.