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Dinosaur detectives / Peter Chrisp.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the people who have dedicated their lives to finding out about dinosaurs - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Dinosaur Detectives is a beautifully designed reader all about dedicated dinosaur hunters over the centuries. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about who unlocked the secrets of fossils, the dinosaur bone hunters, how to date dinosaurs, how they died out and the modern-day scientific equipment used in the quest to understand these incredible animals.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780744065930 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: New edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK Children, [2023]
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| Subject: | Paleontologists > Juvenile literature. Dinosaurs > Juvenile literature. Fossils > Juvenile literature. |
| Genre: | Readers (Publications) |
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"Track dinosaurs with the earliest fossil hunters and modern-day geologists!" -- page [4] of cover - Penguin Putnam
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the people who have dedicated their lives to finding out about dinosaurs with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress.
DK Super Readers Level 4: Dinosaur Detectives will introduce kids to everything they need to know about investigating dinosaurs â including who unlocked the secrets of fossils, how dinosaurs became extinct, and the modern-day scientific equipment used in the quest to understand these incredible animals â and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading.
DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently.
The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by:
- Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics.
- Building knowledge while progressing key Grades 4 and 5 reading skills.
- Developing subject vocabulary on topics such as dinosaurs, fossils, and science.
- Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes.
Each title, which has been leveled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, and nature topics so thereâs something for all childrenâs interests. The books and online content perfectly supplement core literacy programs and are mapped to the Common Core Standards. Children will love powering up their nonfiction reading skills and becoming reading heroes.
DK Super Readers Level 4 titles are visually engaging, full of fun facts, and challenge young readers to broaden their subject knowledge while practising nonfiction reading skills. Perfect for children ages 9 to 11 (Grades 4 and 5) who are confident readers ready for a challenge.
