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Fern, Tracey

Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World

40 pp. | Farrar/Ferguson | May, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30516-1 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Boris Kulikov. Barnum Brown was an eccentric dinosaur hunter who, at and around the turn of the last century, amassed a peerless collection of fossilized skeletons for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The colorful narrative bubbles with Barnum's irrepressible fervor; bright, saturated paintings bring the landscapes of the cultured city and Wild West to vivid life. Bib.

Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2012