Rupert Matthews
1) Explorer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the worlds of Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, Marco Polo and other famous explorers, sharing real-life photographs of their equipment and personal possessions as well as objects they found.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the Jurassic time period, when the environment and their own physical characteristics brought great success to dinosaurs, and other reptile groups grew in size and in numbers as well.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book looks at the major theories for the dinosaurs' extinction which took place about 65 million years ago and discusses post-dinosaur evolution of mammals better suited to the climate at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Introducing the world of the supernatural, this little book entertains with numerous anecdotes, snippets of information, and lists of events that are not accepted by science as being genuine. This amusing yet serious volume will leave the reader wondering just why scientists refuse to study this amazing paranormal world. Because the supernatural is a subject of endless public fascination, there is an insatiable appetite for tales of it. This collection...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
36 PAGES ILLUS. $18.49. 2002021559. AN EXPLORATION OF THE TIME PERIOD PRECEDING THE JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS PERIODS, WHEN REPTILES FIRST EMERGED, DINOSAURS EVENTUALLY BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT LAND ANIMALS, PTEROSAURS TOOK TO THE AIR, AND ICHTHYOSUARS SWAM THE SEAS. DN
Author
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores the third and longest period in the "age of dinosaurs," when more species of dinosaurs lived than ever before, the earth itself drastically changed, and mass extinction began.
7) Pterodactyl
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes what has been learned about the physical features, behavior, and surroundings of the long-extinct pterodactyl.
10) The dinosaur age
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright Press
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Surveys different types of dinosaurs, discussing how they lived, why they died out, and the excavation of fossils.
12) The first people
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright Press
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Describes the role of fossils in tracing human evolution and compares Neanderthal people and their culture with the people of today.
15) The Renaissance
Author
Publisher
Peter Bedrick Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Key works of Renaissance art and other artifacts are used to explore European civilization at the end of the Middle Ages.
Author
Series
Publisher
QED
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes dinosaurs from various parts of the world and what is known about how they hunted and fought with each other. Includes dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
McRae Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Follow the evolution and diversification of the mightiest creatures ever to walk the earth. Large-format illustrations transport you to the scene, where dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes lived, died, hunted, reproduced and struggled to survive.
19) Disappearances
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Delves into the world's most fascinating unexplained disappearances, including Amelia Earhart, the passengers on the SS Waratah, and the lost colony of Roanoke.