By: Caroline Arnold
Genre: Informational Nonfiction
Age Range: 1st - 6th. This book is excellent for introducing Pterodactyls. Fantastic and beautiful illustrations along with accurate terminology make it entertaining for younger kids to learn about them and provides a decent read for older kids.
Content: The book explains what a Pterosaur is and various types found all over the world. It describes various physical features of them as a whole and then of individual species. It also stresses that what scientists know is based upon evidence and tested theories, not assumptions.
Organization: It begins with explaining what a Pterosaur is, when they lived, and then describes the different species based on location, physical features and diet.
Illustrations: By Laurie Caple. Mixed Media. The full page illustrations show beautifully what they Pterosaurs may have looked like with color and also shows very well the huge array of differences between them.
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