How the Dinosaur Got To The Museum

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jessie Hartland

PUBLISHER: Blue Apple Books PUBLICATION DATE: 2011

GENRE: Non-Fiction/Informational Book READING LEVEL: 8 years old

BRIEF OVERVIEW:

Documents a single dinosaur and how it journeys from early life to ending up in a museum including archaeological facts and vocabulary.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:

Dinosaur bone – hide & seek ; Vocabulary quiz over archaeological terms.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Maya Newsome, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: dinosaur, archaeology, museum

Ballywhinney Girl

Title: Ballywhinney Girl 
Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully 
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Contemporary Fiction
Reading Level: Ages 7-9
Brief Overview: Maeve and her grandfather stumble upon a dead body in the bog of Ballywhinney, Ireland. Police and archaeologists come and discover the body is older than 1,000 years and seemed to be a girl similar to Maeve’s complexion. This makes Maeve sad and nervous. 
Integrated Activity: This book would be an introduction to archaeology  Ask students if they have ever dug anything out of the ground before.  Then, take the class outside to be archaeologists for the class time, asking them to put whatever they find into a Ziploc bag. Then, come inside and describe what they found.
Reviewer's Name and Affiliation: Kristen "Taylor" Sims - Valdosta State University