Prehistoric Actual Size

Prehistoric Actual Size


By: Steve Jenkins

I would categorize "Prehistoric Actual Size" as a very informational book. I think that this book would be a good for students who are wanting to learn more about dinosaurs and the prehistoric animals in general. It seemed a little long for students who are not really interested in the prehistoric age to read by themselves. I personally would rate this book a four out of five due to the great information that it has in it as well as the captivating pictures to go along with all the info. It's a great research book to use, with amazing facts about the biggest and oldest dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals of that time.

To connect this book to our class readings is interesting. I think that it's a good book from an informational standpoint, but it's probably not a book that just anybody would enjoy reading. Relating it back to a previous reading, the pictures in the book are very captivating, as I said before, almost telling a story of their own. I believe that if you took the words out of this book, a child might still be able to really enjoy reading it. One observation that I made relating this book back to an elementary school curriculum, is that it would be really good for setting up a unit intended on showing students that not only dinosaurs roamed the world in prehistoric times, but other animals also lived, and in some cases were bigger than any dinosaur known to man!