Web Extras
for the May/June 2007 Horn Book Magazine

The May/June issue of The Horn Book Magazine covers it all: from the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth to the current age of deskbound explorers. Danielle Ford presents evidence on what makes a good dinosaur book; we bolster her theories with reviews of the books on her list. In another realm, Elizabeth Bird reports on blogalization of children’s literature and the pioneering librarians, teachers, and booksellers at the frontier.

A Few Good Dinosaur Books

Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar by Nic Bishop
What Happened to the Dinosaurs by Franklyn M. Branley and Marc Simont
The Day the Dinosaurs Died by Charlotte Lewis Brown
Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth: The Story of the Central Asiatic Expeditions by Brian Floca
Asteroid Impact by Douglas Henderson
Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Living with Dinosaurs by Patricia Lauber and Douglas Henderson
Outside and Inside Dinosaurs by Sandra Markle
A Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor by Mark A. Norell and Lowell Dingus
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs by Robert Sabuda and Mathrew Reinhart

Kid-lit Bloggers to Watch

Kidlitosphere blogs recommended by fusenumber8 (a.k.a. librarian/blogger Elizabeth Bird, http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com).