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# Fossils for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Dinosaur Bones, Ancient Animals, and Prehistoric Life on Earth

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Review: Excellent introduction to fossils - and not just for kids! - There's a little boy somewhere inside me who wishes he'd had this book way back when he first got interested in dinosaurs and fossils; so many questions I had growing up (that my parents and teachers couldn't answer back then) are dealt with clearly and cleanly here. There is so much good information here - what fossils are, the *many* ways that fossils can form, how to collect fossils and what tools a junior scientist might need for the job - that goes beyond just another dinosaur book. I've known *adults* who would learn a lot from this book. Honestly, the discussion of all the ways that life can fossilize alone is worth the price of the book (teachers take note!). This is not to say that the fossils and extinct organisms are ignored - they most certainly aren't. And while dinosaurs grab their accustomed limelight, other fossils that so often receive short shrift are not ignored here. Even invertebrate and plant fossils - less flashy than dinosaurs, but so very informative and important in paleontology - enjoy their time in the spotlight here. The author reaches for, and achieves, a very nice balance. All in all, a very worthwhile investment for anyone with a budding paleontologist in their family or their classroom. Well worth buying.
Review: Great starting point for future paleontologists - 4.5 stars - There's a lot to like and not much to quibble about in Ashley Hall's excellent book for grade-school palentologists. The dinosaurs get center stage at first, but Hall spends nearly as much time on other vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. (Having worked at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Hall of course includes its most famous fossil, the armoed fish Dunkleosteus: she mentions the nickname "the Cleveland Cleaver," which is one I hadn't heard before.) She intersperses all this with good explanations of things like how fossils form and how they are dated, adding in mentions of famous paleontologists and some student acitivites. The writing is clear, the illustrations are excellent, and the science is up-to-the-minute, which is REALLY hard to do in 21st century paleontology. I've been reading about dinosaurs for fifty years, and I still learned some things. Some nitpicks: The first page mentions Miocene fossils, but the Miocene is never defined. A few pages devoted to individual species (e.g.,the the shark Cretalamna) show partial fossils and could use an image of what the whole animal looked like. These are minor things, though, in a first-rate book that fills a gap for the future scientist. (I wish I'd had something like this so many years back!) It doesn't hurt that Hall herself is an example reminding kids that women belong in this field, too. Every school library in America needs a few copies of this book.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #28,286 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8 in Children's Fossil Books (Books) #161 in Children's Dinosaur Books (Books) #362 in Children's Chapter Books (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (632) |
| Dimensions  | 8 x 0.22 x 8 inches |
| Grade level  | 1 - 2 |
| ISBN-10  | 164739368X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1647393687 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Junior Scientists |
| Print length  | 94 pages |
| Publication date  | June 30, 2020 |
| Publisher  | Callisto Kids |
| Reading age  | 6 - 8 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent introduction to fossils - and not just for kids!
*by E***T on July 12, 2020*

There's a little boy somewhere inside me who wishes he'd had this book way back when he first got interested in dinosaurs and fossils; so many questions I had growing up (that my parents and teachers couldn't answer back then) are dealt with clearly and cleanly here. There is so much good information here - what fossils are, the *many* ways that fossils can form, how to collect fossils and what tools a junior scientist might need for the job - that goes beyond just another dinosaur book. I've known *adults* who would learn a lot from this book. Honestly, the discussion of all the ways that life can fossilize alone is worth the price of the book (teachers take note!). This is not to say that the fossils and extinct organisms are ignored - they most certainly aren't. And while dinosaurs grab their accustomed limelight, other fossils that so often receive short shrift are not ignored here. Even invertebrate and plant fossils - less flashy than dinosaurs, but so very informative and important in paleontology - enjoy their time in the spotlight here. The author reaches for, and achieves, a very nice balance. All in all, a very worthwhile investment for anyone with a budding paleontologist in their family or their classroom. Well worth buying.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great starting point for future paleontologists - 4.5 stars
*by M***E on July 19, 2020*

There's a lot to like and not much to quibble about in Ashley Hall's excellent book for grade-school palentologists. The dinosaurs get center stage at first, but Hall spends nearly as much time on other vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. (Having worked at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Hall of course includes its most famous fossil, the armoed fish Dunkleosteus: she mentions the nickname "the Cleveland Cleaver," which is one I hadn't heard before.) She intersperses all this with good explanations of things like how fossils form and how they are dated, adding in mentions of famous paleontologists and some student acitivites. The writing is clear, the illustrations are excellent, and the science is up-to-the-minute, which is REALLY hard to do in 21st century paleontology. I've been reading about dinosaurs for fifty years, and I still learned some things. Some nitpicks: The first page mentions Miocene fossils, but the Miocene is never defined. A few pages devoted to individual species (e.g.,the the shark Cretalamna) show partial fossils and could use an image of what the whole animal looked like. These are minor things, though, in a first-rate book that fills a gap for the future scientist. (I wish I'd had something like this so many years back!) It doesn't hurt that Hall herself is an example reminding kids that women belong in this field, too. Every school library in America needs a few copies of this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great activity book
*by N***E on November 2, 2025*

My first grader wants to be a paleontologist and she uses this book when she performs “dinosaur experiments.” It’s a great buy. She loves it.

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