Grade 3–6—These three books are simply written and have period photos, maps, and full-color reproductions. The titles range from the historical (the 19th-century "Bone Wars") to the contemporary (the discovery of T. rex) to a bridge work (Philip Currie's search for Barnum Brown's "lost" Albertosaurus bone field). For readers not yet ready for such titles as Thom Holmes's detailed Fossil Feud (Silver Burdett, 1996), Patricia Relf's more demanding A Dinosaur Named Sue (Scholastic, 2000), or Monique Keiran's tightly focused Ornithomimus (Raincoast, 2002), these titles are interesting introductions to the history of dinosaur hunting and the ongoing efforts of paleontologists in the field.—Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
