Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
2003
First Published
3.73
Average Rating
40
Number of Pages
Read and find out about the link between dinosaurs and birds in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Birds have feathers, but did you know some dinosaurs did too? Recent fossils have shown that as long as 145 million years ago, some dinosaurs had feathers, just as birds do. The birds you see outside your window are relatives of these ancient creatures. This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, explores the link between dinosaurs and birds and examines how flight evolved. From the team that created the bestselling Dinosaur Babies . This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series Top 10 reasons to love Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
Avg Rating
3.73
Number of Ratings
37
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
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22%
2 STARS
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Author
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Author · 65 books
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner. When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.
