A Day at the Dinosaur Museum

by Tom Adams, Josh Lewis (Illustrator)

Overview

Journey back millions of years to the time of the dinosaurs in this museum-in-a-book.

Discover everything you want to know about dinosaurs in this novelty-packed book that feels like a natural history museum. Explore topics ranging from paleontology to different species of dinosaurs and how they behaved in this interactive guide. It’s the perfect way to learn more about these prehistoric creatures!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763696870
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/26/2017
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Tom Adams is a TV producer specializing in science and history documentaries. He is a member of the Association of British Science Writers, and his first children’s book, Super Science: Feel the Force!, won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award.

Josh Lewis is an illustrator from the Cotswolds who graduated in 2015 from the University for the Creative Arts. Josh grew up in the countryside and has always had a love of nature, which he tries to bring through in his work.

Editorial Reviews

Quirky.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2017-09-18
Pop-up dinosaurs, both fossilized and fully fleshed out, join Mesozoic contemporaries in a series of museum displays.The single-topic spreads are up-to-date but designed to evoke the dusty atmosphere of old-style dinosaur halls (emphasizing this conceit, some are even labeled "Rooms"). They combine cramped blocks of information in smallish type with images of beasts and bones done in a style that resembles the faded naturalism of early-20th-century museum murals—or, in the "Fossil Room," a desktop covered in paleontological notes with paper clips and coffee stains. Occasional inset spinners and attached booklets supply additional dino details. A tab-activated flipbook attempts to demonstrate tectonic drift, but readers have to go fairly slowly to assimilate it all, which blunts the effect. Amid pale silhouettes representing modern museum visitors, the prehistoric creatures, nearly all of which are small and drably colored, rear up individually or parade along in sedate, motley groups until a closing display and mention of genetic engineering promise a possible future with pet velociraptors.It's got a few quirky bits, but it's lackluster overall. (Informational pop-up picture book. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews