The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Judge, Lita

How Big Were Dinosaurs?

40 pp. | Roaring Brook | August, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-719-7 $17.99

(2) K-3 Dinosaurs came in a range of shapes and sizes. Judge helps us understand the variations in size by creatively placing dinosaurs in juxtaposition with familiar modern-day animals and objects. Both illustrations (in pencil and watercolor wash) and descriptions draw on the familiar: Protoceratops sidles up to a baby rhinoceros; Ankylosaurus menaces an SUV. A foldout contains a to-scale illustration of all the dinosaurs together. Reading list, websites.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2014