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24 pp.
| Smart Apple
| January, 2017
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LibraryISBN 978-1-62588-411-4$31.35
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EbookISBN 978-1-62588-427-5
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4-6
Graphic Prehistoric Animals series.
Illustrated by
Alessandro Poluzzi.
The danger-filled lives and behaviors of prehistoric species are conveyed through dynamic comic-book accounts in which realistic conditions--including intense, bloody deaths--clearly portray the constant threats to survival. Pages of basic facts about the featured species and other animals included in each book precede and follow the main graphic story. There are four other spring 2017 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these Graphic Prehistoric Animals titles: Giant Sloth, Mega Shark, Sabertooth Tiger, and Terminator Pig.
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K-3
Bumba Books: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts series.
Basic information about each animal's physical features, diet, and lifestyle is related in declarative sentences interspersed with critical thinking questions. The stock images occasionally border on cheesy but may appeal to dinosaur fans. The series' inclusion of both prehistoric mammals and dinosaurs could mislead young readers that these animals lived at the same time. Each volume includes an anatomical diagram. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts titles: Iguanodon, Pterodactyl, Saber-Toothed Cat, Triceratops, Velociraptor, and Woolly Mammoth.
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K-3
Pebble Plus: Ice Age Animals series.
These volumes provide very basic information about Ice Age animals; Sabertooth and Mammoths end with those creatures' extinction (shrews are still around today). The texts are easy to read but occasionally vague: "Humans settled in the sabertooths' home"; "The babies [shrews] are born blind and naked." Fuzzy digital-looking illustrations play up sharp teeth, long tusks, or small ("tiny") size. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the these Pebble Plus: Ice Age Animals titles: Arctic Shrews, Sabertooth Cats, and Woolly Mammoths.