Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils

Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils – Kelly Milner Halls, illustrated by Rick Spears
Darby Creek Publishing
ISBN: 1-58196-000-X

My rating: 4 out of 5

This highly informative book tells about fossilized dinosaurs and important dinosaur fossil discoveries. This is definitely not a real-aloud book – there is simply too much content. Kids should certainly be encouraged to read this on their own, especially if they enjoy dinosaurs. The author clearly shows a passion for dinosaurs and she conveys that through her book. Halls is a qualified author for a book like this because she has spent time actually working at dig-sites along with dinosaur archeologists. She has written about dinosaurs quite a bit in publications spanning from the “Chicago Tribune” to “Highlights for Children.”

There are a wide variety of pictures in this book ranging from diagrams, to artistic depictions, to actual photographs of fossils and people. This book is more than just a lot of text, which is what you really need in a book for kids.

I would highly recommend “Dinosaur Mummies” when using doing a unit on dinosaurs. It can serve as an additional resource that I think kids will enjoy looking at.