The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Norris, Richard

Meteorite!: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

64 pp. | Raintree | November, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-7398-1240-8 $$27.11

(4) 4-6 Turnstone Ocean Explorer Book series. This account tracing the development of a theory for the K/T mass extinction (the one that wiped out the dinosaurs) is written by a researcher involved in the search for an explanation. Important clues from the fossil record, the field, and experimental studies provide compelling evidence for a meteorite impact and insights into the complexity of scientific research. Color photographs and illustrations are interesting but grainy. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford