There are a lot of dinosaur books out there. I should know, because I have a son who went through a dinosaur obsession for years. At one point, we had seriously exhausted our little library's non-fiction supply of dinosaur books. Since most of his dino-love happened before he could read, I ended up learning waaaaay more about dinosaurs than I ever thought I would.
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| Image from Silver Dolphin Books |
"Scanorama: Dinosaurs" puts a unique spin on dinosaur learning. There are the usual dino facts such as what the Diplodocus ate and the kind of armor the Kentrosaurus was protected with. But what this book also has is the ability to overlay several dinosaurs' bone structures with what scientists think they looked like physically. Throughout the book are pages with sliders that, when slid, scan over the dinosaurs and show their bone structure. It's pretty cool and a huge part of what my kids love about this book.
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| Image from Silver Dolphin Books |
See what I mean in the above photo? My kids think those sliders are pretty awesome. And, I'll admit, I slid all of them in this book because I wanted to see what those dinos' bones looked like. It was pretty fun and something I haven't experienced in a non-fiction book before.
"Scanorama: Dinosaurs" is a great book filled with little snippets of information about many different dinosaurs. Illustrations of each dinosaur are accompanied with a few facts. This book gives a good overview of dinosaurs, but doesn't go into detail about any of them. So although I'd put this in the Beginning To Learn About Dinosaur category, my dino-brained son still enjoys it.
"Scanorama: Dinosaurs" is a book with nothing offensive in it. It's easy to read and full-color. I only wish it had pronunciation helps for some of the lesser-known dinosaurs.
Anna Claybourne is a long-time children's book author. She lives in Scotland.
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