Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up - Softcover
A baby Duck-billed dinosaur living eighty million years ago on the North American continent, leaves her mother's nest, forages for food evades predators, mates, and produces a family of her own.
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Grade 1-6 Based on Horner's new discoveries concerning the Maiasaura, this book follows a baby duckbill dinosaur from birth through maturity. What makes this story so special is its commitment to making recent scientific discovery accessible to children. Although the dinosaurs are personified, the fictionalization never becomes maudlin; while obviously directed at children, the story maintains a realistic viewpoint towards birth, life, and death. Exquisite color illustrations back Horner's theories by representing dinosaurs in a clear, anatomically realistic manner. Fossil evidence indicates that Maiasaura did raise their young in nests and were attentive parents. Other information, such as Maiasaura coloration or noise-making abilities, are more a matter of conjecture. The authors have filled the gaps of knowledge believably, although problems may arise when readers try to differentiate between fact and fiction. Personification such as ``Maia felt happy'' also detracts from an otherwise objective stance. Horner notes that it's impossible to hypothesize without taking the chance of being wrong, and that science could not progress if scientists were unwilling to constantly rethink and revise. That Horner and Gorman have chosen to share this process with children makes this an especially important book, despite its flaws. Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
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A fictional look at the first years in the life of a maiasaura. Ages 8-11.
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- PublisherMuseum of the Rockies
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0933819013
- ISBN 13 9780933819016
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages36
- IllustratorGorman James
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MAIA: A Dinosaur Grows Up
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Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana
(1985)
ISBN 10: 0933819013
ISBN 13: 9780933819016
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Gorman, James (illustrator). 2nd Printing. Signed by the author in blue pen on the half title page as follows: "For Betty and Bob/With many thanks for helping us to/understand Maia/All the Best/Jack/John R. Horner/". An unpaginated work printed on high quality paper with much color illustration. The story of Maia is fiction but is based on scientific information. The work has a glossary at the end of the book. Volume is clean and binding is tight. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. A quite nice copy available for immediate shipment. Signed By the Lead Author. Seller Inventory # 0010339
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