Killer Dinosaurs

KILLER DINOSAURS
by: Andrew Goldsmith
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 32
Reading Level: 8-12

"Fright Factor:
The sight of this killer charging at you would probably frighten you to death."

Killer Dinosaurs, is the ultimate Non-Fiction Dinosaur book. Its layout is so fun with information on one side of the page. A big picture in the middle, and on the other side is Extreme Scores. Which scores each area like Mobility, body mass, jaw power, fright factor, hunting skills, and give a "Total Score" out of 50. It has the top 10 frightening Dinosaurs, and then it has additional ones which were close, but didn't make the cut. They also have an area for Stats making it fun for boys to compare and talk about. As any good non-fiction book it also has a glossary of words you might not know.

In its introduction it also talks about why they rated those key things why body mass is important to a Dinosaur, or how there hunting skills were rated. Based on in a pack, or alone. Waiting for the ambush or constantly on the prowl. Another neat feature of this book is pictures of real fossils and bones found and included in the book. Bringing to life the knowledge just learned.

Recommended to: All Children, but especially little boys. Its a super fun informational book, about everyone's favorite thing. Dinosaurs.
Problems: Some of the things it rates might make children scared.
My Reaction: Favorite Non-Fiction book so far, it took a subject with is always fun to learn about. And made it more fun and exciting.