Baryonyx - Gone Forever Author:Rupert Matthews Discusses the dinosaur Baryonyx, including its known physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and what other creatures were contemporaneous with it, as well as how scientists study fossils and evaluate geological features to learn about extinct organisms. — Children's Literature — Most meat-eating dinosaurs have been found to have claws on the... more »ir back feet. Baryonyx is unusual in that it is believed to have had one huge claw attached to a toe on each of its front feet. They used this claw to troll mostly for fish, but also to scavenge the meat off of animals that were already dead. These are among the fascinating Baryonyx facts that young readers will learn from this "Gone Forever!" series. Boasting sixteen titles and aimed at kindergarten through second-graders, each book in the series is laid out using short chapters and simple language. Maps, timelines, photos, a fact file, glossary, bibliography, and index are included. Introducing young readers to complex subjects can be difficult. This series does a good job of taking the detective work involved in studying extinct creatures and plants and explaining it to the earliest of readers. Having said that, because of the subject matter and the reliance on the glossary to explain new terminology, this series will likely be best utilized by those readers at the stronger end of this age group.
Kris Sauer - 2004, Heinemann Library, Ages 5 to 7.« less