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The Day the Dinosaurs Died

by Charlotte Lewis Brown
Phil Wilson
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Presenting cutting-edge science to the youngest readers, The Day the Dinosaurs Died is a mesmerizing account of the end of the dinosaurs.

The dinosaurs were the biggest, most powerful animals that ever walked the earth. Now they are all gone, extinct. Bold illustrations and a dramatic text re-create the devastation sixty-five million years ago when a giant asteroid slammed into Earth, triggering global disasters and leading to massive worldwide extinctions.

The Day the Dinosaurs Died is a Level Two I Can Read, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

  • Creators

  • Series

    I Can Read, Level 2

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 28, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780062038586

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 490
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      June 1, 2006
      Gr 1-3 -Beginning with a pronunciation guide for the names of various dinosaurs, this book describes what probably happened to those reptiles 65 million years ago, when a comet or an asteroid most likely slammed into the Earth in the area of the Yucatá n Peninsula. Rather than delivering a strict factual narrative, Brown focuses on some individual creatures, bringing readers closer to the scene. She tells how the dinosaurs would have been feeding and then suddenly destroyed by heat, falling rock, or tidal waves during the day of impact. Those not immediately killed would have starved following the death of their prey or plant foods. The book ends with the rise of small mammals that had hidden underground, escaping the dinosaurs - fate. Second graders will be able to read this book independently, and with its expressive, fairly naturalistic illustrations, younger children will find that it answers the question of how the dinosaurs became extinct. An author -s note provides additional material." -Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ"

      Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2007
      It was not a good day for the dinosaurs when an asteroid hit Earth. It's a good one for emergent readers, however, who get to relish the gruesome--yet factually accurate and realistic--death and destruction. Tyrannosaurus is incinerated, for example, and others are felled by burning rocks. The color illustrations pull no punches in matching the heightened drama of the text.

      (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:490
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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