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The book Dinosaurs, Gravity, and Changing Scientific Paradigms explores radical fringe hypotheses, questioning how giant dinosaurs could survive under modern gravity. It argues that Earth's gravity may have been significantly weaker during the Mesozoic Era, relying on "Expanding Earth" theories to explain the immense size, weight, and blood-pumping mechanics of mega-sauropods.
Presents a collection of unusual and miscellaneous facts about dinosaurs, covering such topics as their physical characteristics, behavior, herds, migration, and fossils.
Cute book, very informative. I could see kids liking this book.
The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2) by Michael Crichton-400 pages
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Thoughts: I read Jurassic Park a few years ago and I've seen all of the Jurassic movies, including The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The movie is very different from this book, though. The first one was somewhat different, but this one is very different. Some of the characters have the same name and are similar such as Ian Malcolm, Sarah Harding, Kelly, and Eddie Carr. However, in the book Kelly is a friend of Richard Levine and Dr. Thorne (2 characters not in the movie), but in the movie she's Malcolm's daughter. In the movie, Sarah Harding is already on Isla Sorna, but in the book she decides to travel to the island later after an invitation from Ian Malcolm. Another similarity is that there's a scene where Eddie takes an infant Tyrannosaur that's leg is broken. Eddie and Sara try to make a cast for it in both the book and movie. In both, chaos ensues as the Tyrannosaur parents come for the infant. The scenes aren't exactly the same, but they're similar. In both the book and movie, Ian Malcolm travels to Isla Sorna to rescue someone. In the movie, it's Sarah Harding. In the book, it's Richard Levine. That's about where the similarities end. One scene from the movie that's iconic (and not included in the book) is the Tyrannosaur getting loose in San Diego. This scene is not in the book, but it's such an iconic scene. It seems like they took inspiration from different parts of this book for scenes from other movies in the Jurassic series, though. Overall, I like both the book and the movie, even though their vastly different.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs - 40 pages
Mo Willems
Summary (From Goodreads)
Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.
One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for no particular reason--they decided to go...someplace else. They were definitely NOT setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl.
Definitely not!
Review
This was a delightful and funny retelling of a classic fairy tale! I'd recommend this to anyone who likes humorous, subversive takes on old favorites.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton-448 pages (mass market paperback)
| Dinos ski, skate, and sled, but at the end of a cold day dinos need to warm up by the fire with a cup of cocoa. |
| Do dinosaurs spy on Santa and dump out their stockings? Only if they are going to be on the naughty list! But good dinosaurs clear the table and get to bed early so they can open lots of presents on Christmas morning. |
| Jilly writes Santa a letter asking about the good old days, and Santa responds with all the trials and tribulations he once had when dinosaurs pulled his sleigh. |
| Every day Gus takes all the kids to school but when problems start the principal decides that Gus must go! Gus is brought to tears with the news and as he sits crying outside the children come down to cheer him up, but they soon find another good use for Gus all his tears have created a swimming pool and his tail makes the perfect slide. |
