About the Book

In a unique look at the process of assembling a giant dinosaur skeleton from its fossilized remains, children follow a team of paleontologists as they set out to locate the bones, load them onto trucks, and take them back to the museum for careful restoration. Vivid color illustrations complete this educational experience.

Book Synopsis

Six paleontologists search for bones. When they find them, they dig them up, wrap them, and load them on a truck, bound for the museum. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, young readers explore the process of finding and assembling bone fossils.

Bones. Bones. We look for bones.
We look for the bones of dinosaurs.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

From the Back Cover

Bones. Bones. We look for bones.
We look for the bones of dinosaurs.

Six small paleontologists search for bones. When they find them, they dig them up, wrap them, and load them on a truck, bound for the museum.

There, they carefully put together the bones of a giant dinosaur.

In bright, bold, exuberant pictures, with a text that is just right for reading or chanting aloud, Byron Barton looks at just what happens to the bones left behind by dinosaurs of long, long ago.