Books for Teaching Dinosaurs

By Marci Ruiz

From Unit Plan: Clifford Learns About Dinosaurs and So Do We!

The following books are available in the Teacher Store.

Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons
I use this book as an informational reference for the children. They love the interesting dinosaur facts in this book.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen; Illustrated by Mark Teague
This is a funny read aloud!

Dinosaur Roar by Paul and Henrietta Strickland
With this story, students can have fun pretending to be the dinosaurs.

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields; Illustrated by Scott Nash
Another enjoyable, imaginative story.

Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard? by Gilda Berger and Melvin Berger; Illustrated by Alan Male
This story is good to jumpstart a discussion of how scientists learn about dinosaurs.

Look for these books in your school library.

The Dinosaur Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallota

Volcanoes by Seymour Simon

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

I'm Tyrannosaurus!!! A book of Dinosaur Rhymes by Jean Marzollo
This has cute rhymes that describe each dinosaur. Children could dress up and recite the poem.

Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton

Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki Brandenberg

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Dinosaur Teeth

by Susan H. Gray

REVIEWS:

10/1/07 Library Media Connection
With its fabulous photography and large print, this content vocabulary building set gives our youngest paleontologists a fine introduction to all things dinosaur while providing a motivating framework for learning to read nonfiction. In each book, a word hunt immediately follows the table of contents, giving children new words with a pronunciation guide and a corresponding photo. Children learn the vocabulary as they read,

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Library Binding | Grades 1-2