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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/21/13

Dinosaur Dig IT!



TITLE:  Dinosaur Dig It!
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jonathan Kronstadt/ Dan Jankowski
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Inc     PUBLICATION DATE: 2007
GENRE: NonFPB 9+;       READING LEVEL3rd- 5th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book not only explains and gives facts about dinosaurs it talks about methods of locating fossils, how to dig them out and how to relate it back a million years ago.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Take the students outside and tell them they are going on a dinosaur dig. Have a small pool filled with sand and have little plastic dinosaur/ Easter eggs buried in the sand. Give the students paint brushes and shovels.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kayla Toler, VSU

LABELS: Science, Dinosaur, Discovery