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"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed...
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Back to School
BPL Find Your Voice 2023
OBD Dinosaurs - YOUTH
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
BPL Find Your Voice 2023
OBD Dinosaurs - YOUTH
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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Penelope the T. Rex was born to be a rock star. But playing her heart out is hard when her friends only see her as a dinosaur!
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In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in a Manhattan event space had been unearthed in Mongolia, more than 6,000 miles away. At eight-feet high and 24 feet long, the specimen was spectacular, and when the gavel sounded the winning bid was over...
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"When you think of dinosaurs, do you think of ferocious meat-eaters terrorizing everything around them? If so, you were probably imagining the Tyrannosaurus rex, the 'tyrant lizard' of its time. But if you think you know everything there is to know about T. Rex, think again! Learn about the many sides of this mighty dinosaur. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for...
15) Tea Rex
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"Cordelia and her brother host a tea party for an unusual guest--a T-Rex!"--Provided by publisher.
16) Dinosaur 13
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The incredible true story of the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found, and the battle with the U.S. government after federal agents seized it.
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"This book will highlight a newly discovered T. rex relative in China with a coat of downy feathers! This one-ton predator is the largest known animal to ever have walked the Earth. This discovery was made public in April 2012, and is a timely addition that sets this book apart from other dinosaur titles. We'll meet 19 kinds of tyrannosaurs--including seven new species discovered in the last two years--that came before T. rex. The names are strange,...
19) Raising Rufus
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"A lonely 11-year-old science nerd named Martin discovers an ancient egg and soon finds himself 'surrogate mom' to a very outlandish pet--a T. rex. But when his secret gets too big to keep from the world, Martin must find his inner hero to save the one thing he's come to really care about"--