Synopsis
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of a crested, duck-billed dinosaur that lived about seventy million years ago.
Nancy Garhan Attebury - Children's Literature
What's a Corythosaurus and where did it come from? To find out, crack open this book from the "Buddy Books Dinosaur" series. Inside, discover plenty of fact-filled pages of remarkable information about this duck-billed dinosaur that also had a crest on top of its head, was about 30 feet long, and may have weighed around 10,000 pounds. That makes it about as heavy as an elephant. Young readers are sure to grab this book to read with a buddy. Illustrations, charts, photos, and maps enhance the lay out of the 32-page book. Short chapters give the readers the opportunity to find out some facts by reading as little as two pages at a time. This book also offers important glossary words that include Cretaceous period, herbivore, paleontologist, and tropical. A website, list of museums, an index, and vital statistics chart round out the book. Because the book holds so much information, readers will easily learn a lot about the Corythosaurus. Add this book and others from the series to classrooms and libraries catering to early readers. The addition will be well worth the effort. 2004, ABDO Publishing, Ages 5 to 8.