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Gillette, J. (1997). Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Ceolophysis. New York, NY. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Book type: Specialized book, 32 pages
Grades: 4th to 6th
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Summary: This specialized book discusses what may have happened to the Coelophysis (SEEL-oh-FIE-sis) dinosaur. Ned Colbert was a paleontologist that worked for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. During the summer of 1947, Ned Colbert had set out to collect fossils in Arizona but stopped to look around Ghost Ranch north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Professor Charles Camp found some fossils there three years earlier. These bones had been from the Triassic period (245 to 280 million years ago). These bones were the size of a dog. The paleontologist studied the arrangement of the bones to determine how and why they died. Several different scenarios have been questioned by scientists who have used the fossil evidence to try to solve this mystery.
Gillette, J. (1997). Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Ceolophysis. New York, NY. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Book type: Specialized book, 32 pages
Grades: 4th to 6th
Awards:
Summary: This specialized book discusses what may have happened to the Coelophysis (SEEL-oh-FIE-sis) dinosaur. Ned Colbert was a paleontologist that worked for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. During the summer of 1947, Ned Colbert had set out to collect fossils in Arizona but stopped to look around Ghost Ranch north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Professor Charles Camp found some fossils there three years earlier. These bones had been from the Triassic period (245 to 280 million years ago). These bones were the size of a dog. The paleontologist studied the arrangement of the bones to determine how and why they died. Several different scenarios have been questioned by scientists who have used the fossil evidence to try to solve this mystery.
Credibility of author: J. Lynett Gillette completed a double major in anthropology and journalism and went on to two years of graduate study in anthropology at Southern Methodist University. She went to New Mexico to help create a new museum of natural history in Albuquerque. Lynette worked in the fossil preparation lab and began casting and restoring fossils at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico and the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
Illustrator/Illustrations: Douglas Henderson used full-color paintings in pastels, while art on back cover and page 14 is drawn in pen and ink. Additionally, photographs are used in the book showing pictures of the excavation at Ghost Ranch.
Access Features: Acknowledgments are found on the verso page, Colbert’s telegram to the American Museum of Natural History asking for more help is shown, headings for the different topics, and index and pronunciation guide at the back of the book.
My response to the book: I like the way this book answered many different possibilities that could have happened to these dinosaurs. It showed that the scientist do think through the possibilities before making a decision. The author let the reader know that no one is for sure what happened to them and the best that scientist can tell is from the clues that they have found. I find dinosaurs very interesting and this book creates an interest in finding out more about them.
How I would use this book in my classroom: I would use this book when discussing prehistoric times. It would also be a great book to use when discussing hypothesis and theories. This book would help young students understand the process that scientist go through in developing a theory as to what happened.
Related text: DIGGING FOR BIRD-DINOSAURS: An Expedition to Madagascar by Nic Bishop, DINOSAURS (A Magic Tree House Research Guide) by Mary Pope Osborne, and BEYOND THE DINOSAURS!: Sky Dragons, Sea Monsters, Mega-Mammals and Other Prehistoric Beasts by Howard Zimmerman
1 comment:
The title alone to this book will attract readers. It was interesting that you pointed out that they had hollow bones like birds. The book I just finished titled Feathered Dinosaurs of China states at the end that birds are living dinosaurs. Was there any evidence of feathers mentioned?
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