| View Larger Image | Dinosaurs to Dodos: An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals | Hardcoverby Don Lessem (Author), Jan Sovak (Illustrator)
| List Price: | $16.95 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Scholastic | | Edition: | First Edition, First Printingth Edition | | Page Count: | 112 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 01, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 289,955th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
From the first microscope sea creatures to the Tasmanian wolf, this book traces all of extinct life. Each chapter covers the animals themselves, the processes that brought them to extinction, and the modern scientific discoveries that reveal their lost words. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Smarter than the average dinosaur book!  5 Stars
February 26, 2003
My first-grader brought this home from the school library and we both loved it. It's well organized, clearly written, and tells you stuff that's not in every dinosaur book you already own. And the illustrations are spectacular. A real find for fans of dinosaurs and other mysterious creatures.
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Exhaustive Research by Kelly Milner Halls (kmhwrites@aol.com) (Spokane, Washington)  4 Stars
July 10, 1999
As a writer acquainted with the grueling research that went into the production of this book, I can tell you, Don Lessem has laid out a remarkable overview of prehistoria in DINOSAURS TO DODOS. As a fellow writer and dinosaur enthusiast, I wish him great success with the project. It's a must for any elementary school library.
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