Download or read book Lulu and the Brontosaurus written by Judith Viorst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.
Download or read book My Beloved Brontosaurus written by Brian Switek and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013 One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring Science Books A Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff Pick Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective imagination. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life into old bones. Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the sex life of Apatosaurus and T. rex's feather-laden body to just why dinosaurs vanished. (And of course, on his journey, he celebrates the book's titular hero, "Brontosaurus"—who suffered a second extinction when we learned he never existed at all—as a symbol of scientific progress.) With infectious enthusiasm, Switek questions what we've long held to be true about these beasts, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs, which started when he was just knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our own evolution and our place on Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that dinosaur fans and anyone interested in scientific progress will cherish for years to come.
Download or read book Brontosaurus written by L. B. Halstead and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of the dinosaur "Ajax".
Download or read book Bully for Brontosaurus Reflections in Natural History written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review
Download or read book Brontosaurus written by Leanne Grabel and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brontosaurus, by Leanne Grabel, is a startlingly unique memoir that details-with deep insight and remarkable humor-the love and sex life of the author following the kidnapping and rape she survives one afternoon in 1972, when she is nineteen, sheltered and naive. She and two college friends set off on a camping trip into Mexico for spring break, and just as their frolic begins on a deserted Baja beach, two masked, armed bandits intervene and change their lives forever. In the wake of this traumatic event, the story follows her through her years at Stanford University, her job at Billie Jean King's WomenSports magazine, a backpacking trip across Europe, and her move from her hometown of Stockton, California, to Portland, Oregon, where she tries to settle down, far from Mexico. She attempts to immerse herself in the vibrant Portland poetry scene, but is waylaid again and again by doomed and destructive romantic entanglements. The years pass turbulently, and when she finally meets the man who eventually becomes her husband and the father of their two daughters, she begins to realize she how much that day in the distant past still haunts her relationships, both with men and with herself. The wound has never healed. She then begins the long and sometimes comical process of trying to figure out what she's going to do about it, and as the book comes to a close in the present day, she has by chance stumbled into a teaching job at a school for incarcerated girls who all suffer from the same wound. As she finds ways to help them heal themselves, she, too, begins to heal. Brontosaurus is profound, heart-wrenching, sexy, and laugh-out-loud funny-often in the same paragraph-rewarding the reader again and again for every minute spent between its pages.
Download or read book Beverly Hills Brontosaurus written by Scott Ciencin and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bertram Phillips's M.I.N.D. Machine throws him back to southern California's Jurassic period, and this time it also throws real dinosaurs forward into the halls of Wetherford Junior High! Bertram's only chance of setting things right again is to accept the help of J.D. "Judgment Day" Harms, the biggest bully in the eighth grade and the second-smartest student after Bertram. But J.D.'s own plans aren't pretty, and they may change the future forever.
Download or read book Baby Brontosaurus written by Beth Spanjian and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1990-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHILDREN'S BOOKS/AGES 4-8
Download or read book Brontosaurus written by Lanford Wilson and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Deals with the encounter between a cynical, sophisticated New York antiques dealer and the taciturn young man, her nephew and house guest, who has come to the city to study theology. As reticent and unemotional as his aunt is loquacious and brittle, the young man contends that he has undergone a mystical experience-a revelation which is as unsettling to his aunt as it is fulfilling to him. As though intimidated by his inscrutable reserve, she grows increasingly voluble, revealing in her wise-cracking chatter the defense which she has constructed to keep the world at bay-and to mask the innate sensitivity and idealism which persist despite the loneliness and futility of her existence.
Download or read book The Mighty Brontosaurus written by Brianna Kaiser and published by Lerner Publications TM. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did Brontosaurus look like? What body parts did it have? Readers will become Brontosaurus experts with the help of this fun book!
Download or read book Lulu and the Brontosaurus written by Judith Viorst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Lulu's birthday and she's decided she'd like a pet brontosaurus as a present. But when Lulu's parents tell her that's not possible, Lulu gets veryupset. She does not like it when things don't go her way. So taking matters into her own hands Lulu storms off into the forest to find herself a new pet, all the way singing: I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, gonna, get a bronto-bronto-bronto-bronto-saurus for a pet! In the forest Lulu encounters a number of animals: a snake, a tiger, a bear, all of whom don't particularly impress her. And then she finds him... a beautiful, long-necked, gentle, graceful brontosaurus. And he completely agrees with Lulu that having a pet would be a wonderful thing indeed! Lulu thinks she's finally got her birthday wish. Until she realises that Mr Brontosaurus thinks that shewould make an ideal pet for him! How will Lulu ever get out of this sticky situation without throwing a fit (Mr B does not respond well to those), or using force (Mr B is much too tall to bonk on the head with her suitcase), or smushing her sandwich?
Download or read book Brontosaurus Thunder Lizard Level 5 Reader written by Rivet and published by Google. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From first introductions to deep dives into the wonders of our world, Rivet nonfiction books fascinate young readers. A level 5 reader in the Whose Bones Are These? series, Brontosaurus : Thunder Lizard will feed readers' curiosity about Animals.
Download or read book The Little Blue Brontosaurus written by Byron Preiss and published by Caedmon Childrens Books. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Little Blue gets lost from his herd, he is forced to learn to use his wits.
Download or read book The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs written by Mary Elting and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of dinosaurs.
Download or read book The Free Brontosaurus written by David Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Free Brontosaurus is a novella comprising ten interweaving stories, complete with an accompanying album of ten songs. All set in the same fictional city, at the same moment in time, minor characters in one story are major characters in another. It is a bit likeOlive Kitteridge, if reimagined by Miranda July. These are gently written narratives of isolation, describing characters disconnected from home and community. The book is full of dark humor, sadness, and glimmers of joy. Ultimately, the characters' abilities to find beauty in the bizarre connect and redeem them, offering the characters (and us) hope. The book is only half of this project, though, for it also comes with a soundtrack, one song per story, written loosely from the perspective of the main character from each tale. Both the book and the album can stand alone. However, when the two are appreciated together, an unusually moving and multilayered world is born, likely to break and heal the heart.
Download or read book Bronto s Search for Dad written by Marisa Vestita and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow along with Bronto the Brontosaurus and his dinosaur friends in this delightful picture book! In this charming new series of board books, parents and their children can enjoy the adventures of four baby dinosaur friends. With full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand language, boys and girls can learn valuable lessons about facing new experiences, confronting their fears, and what they need to do to grow up big and brave—just like the dinosaurs! Bronto is very worried—he can’t find his dad! Luckily, this baby dino has four very good friends who are more than willing to help him with his search. Terri the Pterodactyl flies over the forest while Trixie the Triceratops and Rex the T-Rex help look for clues. Together, can the four baby dinosaurs follow in Dad’s footsteps and solve the mystery? This colorful board book is perfect to give as a gift or to read to your young children at bedtime. The adorable art and soothing story in will reassure every child who has ever felt anxious about a lost parent.
Download or read book Skeleton Keys written by Riley Black (Brian Switek) and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street Journal Our bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen. Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over more than four hundred million years of evolutionary history. It gives your body its shape and the ability to move. It grows and changes with you, an undeniable document of who you are and how you lived. Arguably, no other part of the human anatomy has such rich scientific and cultural significance, both brimming with life and a potent symbol of death. In this delightful natural and cultural history of bone, Brian Switek explains where our skeletons came from, what they do inside us, and what others can learn about us when these artifacts of mineral and protein are all we've left behind. Bone is as embedded in our culture as it is in our bodies. Our species has made instruments and jewelry from bone, treated the dead like collectors' items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Switek makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and forensics, Skeleton Keys illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out.
Download or read book Baby Brontosaurus written by Golden Books and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1994-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brontosaurus was believed to be one of the largest of the dinosaur family.
