Reviews for Penguin, Penguin

The average rating for Penguin, Penguin based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-20 00:00:00 Jacob Weintraub Summary This book by Nic Bishop is a story where he observed Cathy Forster, a Paleontologist. The book provides a background on Forester and the interest she has for avian dinosaurs. Bishop traveled to Madagascar to explore fossils with Forester. They have a wild adventure and see many peculiar things which have been documented in the story. Evaluation This was such an interesting read. "Bird Dinosaurs" was not a phrase I had previously been interested, but this book opened my eyes to the idea and provided me with many new ponderings. I very much enjoyed the inclusion of the pictures. They were very detailed and answered questions that simply text could not. Teaching Point This is an excellent book to use in the science classroom or lab. It gives so much information on fossils and does so in a way that young students could easily understand. It will spark and interest for the science concepts discussed to the students. This book would be a great one to do along with a unit on fossils. It could be used as an introductory type lesson. The students could each have their own copy and could do write a report over observations made about the avian dinosaurs.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-19 00:00:00 Steve Johnson Summary: This is a book written by Nic Bishop. He observed Cathy Forster. It begins by giving a brief background in the interest Forster has for bird dinosaurs. He went on an expedition to Madagascar to explore fossils. This book talks about their adventure there and some things that they saw. Evaluation: This book was very interesting. The photographs were incredible, each one had its own caption which I really enjoyed. It was told in a scientific yet story like way, which made it easier to read. Teaching Idea: This book could be used to teach about dinosaurs and the time period that they occurred in. I would even go further than that to discuss the bird dinosaurs that were discussed in this book and compare them to birds that we see today. This is something that the book touched on a little bit.