Dinosaur Tree - Hardcover

Henderson, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0027435474 ISBN 13: 9780027435474

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Traces the life cycle of a tree in the late Triassic period, from its first sprouting to its death and preservation in Arizona's Petrified Forest, and describes the various creatures that made their home in the environment in which the tree grew.

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-4?This attractive picture book is reminiscent of John Horner and James Gorman's Maia (Running, 1989) in format. Each full-page painting faces a page of text that explains the surrounding atmospheric, plant, and animal conditions as a tree grows in a Triassic forest. The tree's story starts 225 million years ago, and readers see it at 4 years, 50 years, 200 years, 300 years, 400 years, 500 years, and then the beginning of the end, or fossilization. Dinosaurs that lived at the time are pictured in their natural surroundings, and a little information is given about each one. It's a fascinating glimpse into the past. The luminous paintings cast off an eerie glow; they depict the Triassic continent called Pangaea and the land that is now the Painted Desert in Arizona. Henderson has done an excellent job of scientific storytelling, taking advantage of the action of nature in his clear, sparse descriptions and clean, powerful paintings to build drama. Allan Roberts's Fossils (Childrens, 1983) and Pat Lauber's Dinosaurs Walked Here and Other Stories Fossils Tell (Bradbury, 1987) do not have the same in-depth coverage as Henderson's book. A fascinating look into the past.?Susannah Price, Boise Public Library, ID
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

Grades 2-4, younger for reading aloud. Employing beautiful lifelike illustrations and an engaging text, the author takes us through the long life of a tree that lives for more than 500 years. This proud conifer stands tall, silently witnessing the coming and going of a multitude of plant and animal life during the late Triassic period. Even after the tree is felled by a windstorm, its life goes on as a kind of footbridge stretched across a stream. How this tree came to rest in Arizona, on the site of what is now the Petrified Forest National Park, unfolds gracefully with page after page of quiet, simply stated text and luminous paintings. Denia Hester

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0027435474
• ISBN 13: 9780027435474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Henderson Douglas