| Swimming Giants Contributor(s): Hughes, Monica (Author) |
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ISBN: 1597165425 ISBN-13: 9781597165426 Publisher: Bearport Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.37 Product Type: Library Binding Published: August 2007 Annotation: Imagine a turtle thats 13 feet [4 m] long! Thats just one of many surprises to be found in Swimming Giants, a book about the creatures that inhabited the worlds ocean waters during dino times. In this exciting companion to Flying Giants, young readers will get a glimpse into the steamy world of long ago where some fish, such as the Shonisaurus, were over 50 feet long [15 m] and had spine bones the size of dinner plates! The simple text and colorful illustrations will help kids learn about the similarities between these ancient swimmers and modern-day animals. Developed by literacy experts, Swimming Giants features controlled text with appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure for emergent readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner |
| Dewey: 567.937 |
| LCCN: 2007017958 |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Series: I Love Reading (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.62" W x 7.3" (0.33 lbs) 24 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Prehistoric |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 116503 Reading Level: 2.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |