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Excavate! Dinosaurs: Paper Toy Palaeontology Paperback – 27 Oct. 2014
by
Jonathan Tennant
(Author),
Vladimir Nikolov
(Author)
Palaeontology is all about puzzle-solving, and putting two and two together: after all, dinosaur skeletons dont come out of the ground with an instruction manual! This fun papercraft title offers kids the chance to be palaeontologists themselves. 12 dinosaurs from across the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic eras are featured. Each dinosaur is introduced on an info page with a full colour illustration, where the anatomy of the dinosaur is discussed in detail. Facts about habitat and diet are also covered. The second part of the book contains the press-out pieces to construct the 12 dinosaurs skeletons. Bones are arranged into three era specific dig sites, but within those sites, the skeleton pieces are mixed up. The reader must use their new-found knowledge of dinosaur anatomy to figure out how to piece the paper skeletons back together - just like a real palaeontologist! (Carries EU Toy Safety Directive 'CE' logo).
- Print length82 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIvy Press
- Publication date27 Oct. 2014
- Dimensions21 x 1 x 29.5 cm
- ISBN-10178240144X
- ISBN-13978-1782401445
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- Publisher : Ivy Press; 1st edition (27 Oct. 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 82 pages
- ISBN-10 : 178240144X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1782401445
- Dimensions : 21 x 1 x 29.5 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 2,400,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2,437 in Children's Books on Dinosaurs
- 5,446 in Decorative Arts
- 12,595 in Children's Books on Nature
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I believe that it is now an established worldwide fact that dinosaurs are awesome. I have checked the latest edition of Nature and it would appear that this is definitely the case. Dinosaurs are without doubt the coolest creatures to have roamed the Earth. Do you know what makes them really great? The fact that they left fabulous fossils and brilliant bones behind. Any kid would love the chance to dig up some old bones and build their own dinosaur.
`Excavate! Dinosaurs: Paper Toy Paleontology' is a book that allows you to do just this. It is split into two halves; the first is a non-fiction section all about the different periods that the dinosaurs existed. Certain dinosaurs are highlighted in more detail and you are told what they look like and what they ate etc. The added bonus here is that Jonathan Tennant puts into context why this was the case. You are not simply told that a particular dinosaur had a long neck, but you will be told why this is, or shown a comparison with modern animals. This is how modern scientists determine how a creature may have moved and how they may have looked. Comparing something with a long neck to a giraffe will give us an idea of how they managed to stay upright.
All this inside knowledge will put you in good stead for later in the book as the final section is made up of a series of `dig sites' that correspond to the various ages e.g. Jurassic. In these pits contain the remains of twelve different dinosaurs that must be sorted and built. The skeletons come on good quality card and can be popped out of the pages and fitted together. To successfully build the various creatures you will have to revert back to the earlier pages and determine which part belongs to which dinosaur. Here are some bones that show a long neck, haven't we seen this somewhere before?
`Excavate' tries to mimic what it is like to have the job of a Palaeontologist and it does it very well. With in-depth information and complex skeletal remains, this is not a book for the very young. Instead it is best suited for the slightly older dinosaur fan; ages 7-11, depending on their reading ability and enjoyment of non-fiction. As a child this would have been the type of book that I would have loved to have used, full of fun facts, but also offering a challenge.
The look and feel of the book is also of a very high quality. It is a good size and the paper is thick enough to sustain plenty of reading and the loss of the back pages as they are removed to be used as dig sites. The illustrations by Vladamir Nikolov are clean and have a nice balance between scientific accuracy and being entertaining to look at. Kudos must also go to Charlie Simpson as illustrator and paper engineer. They have done a wonderful job in creating high quality paper models that fit together excellently.
The combination of information, illustrations and paper modelling makes `Excavate' a guaranteed winner for a dinosaur mad youth. It never dumbs down the subject, but is not too daunting. It is a perfect book for a child who wants to know more about dinosaurs and may possibly want to work as a Palaeontologist or Archaeologist in the future. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
Sammy Recommendation
`Excavate! Dinosaurs: Paper Toy Paleontology' is a book that allows you to do just this. It is split into two halves; the first is a non-fiction section all about the different periods that the dinosaurs existed. Certain dinosaurs are highlighted in more detail and you are told what they look like and what they ate etc. The added bonus here is that Jonathan Tennant puts into context why this was the case. You are not simply told that a particular dinosaur had a long neck, but you will be told why this is, or shown a comparison with modern animals. This is how modern scientists determine how a creature may have moved and how they may have looked. Comparing something with a long neck to a giraffe will give us an idea of how they managed to stay upright.
All this inside knowledge will put you in good stead for later in the book as the final section is made up of a series of `dig sites' that correspond to the various ages e.g. Jurassic. In these pits contain the remains of twelve different dinosaurs that must be sorted and built. The skeletons come on good quality card and can be popped out of the pages and fitted together. To successfully build the various creatures you will have to revert back to the earlier pages and determine which part belongs to which dinosaur. Here are some bones that show a long neck, haven't we seen this somewhere before?
`Excavate' tries to mimic what it is like to have the job of a Palaeontologist and it does it very well. With in-depth information and complex skeletal remains, this is not a book for the very young. Instead it is best suited for the slightly older dinosaur fan; ages 7-11, depending on their reading ability and enjoyment of non-fiction. As a child this would have been the type of book that I would have loved to have used, full of fun facts, but also offering a challenge.
The look and feel of the book is also of a very high quality. It is a good size and the paper is thick enough to sustain plenty of reading and the loss of the back pages as they are removed to be used as dig sites. The illustrations by Vladamir Nikolov are clean and have a nice balance between scientific accuracy and being entertaining to look at. Kudos must also go to Charlie Simpson as illustrator and paper engineer. They have done a wonderful job in creating high quality paper models that fit together excellently.
The combination of information, illustrations and paper modelling makes `Excavate' a guaranteed winner for a dinosaur mad youth. It never dumbs down the subject, but is not too daunting. It is a perfect book for a child who wants to know more about dinosaurs and may possibly want to work as a Palaeontologist or Archaeologist in the future. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
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I believe that it is now an established worldwide fact that dinosaurs are awesome. I have checked the latest edition of Nature and it would appear that this is definitely the case. Dinosaurs are without doubt the coolest creatures to have roamed the Earth. Do you know what makes them really great? The fact that that left fabulous fossils and brilliant bones behind. Any kid would love the chance to dig up some old bones and build their own dinosaur.
‘Excavate! Dinosaurs: Paper Toy Paleontology’ is a book that allows you to do just this. It is split into two halves; the first is a non-fiction section all about the different periods that the dinosaurs existed. Certain dinosaurs are highlighted in more detail and you are told what they look like and what they ate etc. The added bonus here is that Jonathan Tennant puts into context why this was the case. You are not simply told that a particular dinosaur had a long neck, but you will be told why this is, or shown a comparison with modern animals. This is how modern scientists determine how a creature may have moved and how they may have looked. Comparing something with a long neck to a giraffe will give us an idea of how they managed to stay upright.
All this inside knowledge will put you in good stead for later in the book as the final section is made up of a series of ‘dig sites’ that correspond to the various ages e.g. Jurassic. In these pits contain the remains of twelve different dinosaurs that must be sorted and built. The skeletons come on good quality card and can be popped out of the pages and fitted together. To successfully build the various creatures you will have to revert back to the earlier pages and determine which part belongs to which dinosaur. Here are some bones that show a long neck, haven’t we seen this somewhere before?
‘Excavate’ tries to mimic what it is like to have the job of a Palaeontologist and it does it very well. With in-depth information and complex skeletal remains, this is not a book for the very young. Instead it is best suited for the slightly older dinosaur fan; ages 7-11, depending on their reading ability and enjoyment of non-fiction. As a child this would have been the type of book that I would have loved to have used, full of fun facts, but also offering a challenge.
The look and feel of the book is also of a very high quality. It is a good size and the paper is thick enough to sustain plenty of reading and the loss of the back pages as they are removed to be used as dig sites. The illustrations by Vladamir Nikolov are clean and have a nice balance between scientific accuracy and being entertaining to look at. Kudos must also go to Charlie Simpson as illustrator and paper engineer. They have done a wonderful job in creating high quality paper models that fit together excellently.
The combination of information, illustrations and paper modelling makes ‘Excavate’ a guaranteed winner for a dinosaur mad youth. It never dumbs down the subject, but is not too daunting. It is a perfect book for a child who wants to know more about dinosaurs and may possibly want to work as a Palaeontologist or Archaeologist in the future. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
Sammy Recommendation
‘Excavate! Dinosaurs: Paper Toy Paleontology’ is a book that allows you to do just this. It is split into two halves; the first is a non-fiction section all about the different periods that the dinosaurs existed. Certain dinosaurs are highlighted in more detail and you are told what they look like and what they ate etc. The added bonus here is that Jonathan Tennant puts into context why this was the case. You are not simply told that a particular dinosaur had a long neck, but you will be told why this is, or shown a comparison with modern animals. This is how modern scientists determine how a creature may have moved and how they may have looked. Comparing something with a long neck to a giraffe will give us an idea of how they managed to stay upright.
All this inside knowledge will put you in good stead for later in the book as the final section is made up of a series of ‘dig sites’ that correspond to the various ages e.g. Jurassic. In these pits contain the remains of twelve different dinosaurs that must be sorted and built. The skeletons come on good quality card and can be popped out of the pages and fitted together. To successfully build the various creatures you will have to revert back to the earlier pages and determine which part belongs to which dinosaur. Here are some bones that show a long neck, haven’t we seen this somewhere before?
‘Excavate’ tries to mimic what it is like to have the job of a Palaeontologist and it does it very well. With in-depth information and complex skeletal remains, this is not a book for the very young. Instead it is best suited for the slightly older dinosaur fan; ages 7-11, depending on their reading ability and enjoyment of non-fiction. As a child this would have been the type of book that I would have loved to have used, full of fun facts, but also offering a challenge.
The look and feel of the book is also of a very high quality. It is a good size and the paper is thick enough to sustain plenty of reading and the loss of the back pages as they are removed to be used as dig sites. The illustrations by Vladamir Nikolov are clean and have a nice balance between scientific accuracy and being entertaining to look at. Kudos must also go to Charlie Simpson as illustrator and paper engineer. They have done a wonderful job in creating high quality paper models that fit together excellently.
The combination of information, illustrations and paper modelling makes ‘Excavate’ a guaranteed winner for a dinosaur mad youth. It never dumbs down the subject, but is not too daunting. It is a perfect book for a child who wants to know more about dinosaurs and may possibly want to work as a Palaeontologist or Archaeologist in the future. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
Sammy Recommendation
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