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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 760L
Language
English
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In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by male scientists of the time, and she received little credit...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Ronnie is just a normal fifth-grader trying to pass her science class's impossible quiz on the history of dinosaurs . . . until she happens upon her neighbor-Ms. Lernin-a retired paleontologist. With the assistance of Science Magic, Ronnie and Ms. Lernin travel back through time and space to experience the Mesozoic Era firsthand. They visit three important time periods in the development of the Mesozoic Era: the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous....
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs describe the competition among late nineteenth-century paleontologists to discover dinosaur fossils as well as work of contemporary paleontologists and how the work of these dinosaur hunters has led to an increased understanding of how these prehistoric animals lived.
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