 | Dinosaurs in space Author: Sturgell, Todd | |
| Price: $14.24 | ||
Summary:
Dinosaur fossils are found all over the earth, and now they're found in space! When the narrator explains about the big boom that caused dinosaur extinction, Dakota the dinosaur and his ragtag group of friends don't want to hear it! Taking over the story-much to the narrator's dismay-these dizzy dinos share their spacetastic theories about moon-sauruses, Martian dinosaurs, and zombie-sauruses?
Reviews:
Booklist (08/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2024 Don’t be shy: meet an Austroraptor, though he prefers the more casual “Austro.” As the narrator gives a quick intro on dinosaurs, Austro heads for the next page. The raptor zooms through the dinosaur time line and introduces all the animals to one another, though they never would have crossed paths in real life. The dinosaur begs the flustered narrator to avoid mentioning a tough topic (extinction), but that catastrophe is the catalyst for the book’s provocative hypothesis, namely, that an enormous asteroid impact could have flung countless bits of earth, plants, dinosaurs, and fossils into space, potentially as far as the moon. The scientifically minded narrator fully loses control of their dinosaur pal at this point, and wildly funny misunderstandings abound. Colorful, cartoonish illustrations are packed with humor and high jinks, and alternating voices are cleverly differentiated by the narrator’s tidy typeface and Austro’s hand-scrawled responses. It’s a niche bit of science, but one that offers an intriguing angle on dinosaur discussions. A mind-expanding exploration of scientific speculation that will have readers laughing and learning. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
