Cody Mckinney - Nothing Cooler Than a Dinosaur

By CODY MCKINNEY

Illustrated by DAN CRISP

Published by Cantata Learning 1710 Roe Crest Drive North Mankato, MN 56003 www.cantatalearning.com

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Nothing Cooler Than a Dinosaur by Cody McKinney Illustrated by Dan Crisp

Book design by Tim Palin Creative Music produced by Wes Schuck Audio recorded, mixed, and mastered at Two Fish Studios, Mankato, MN

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Dinosaurs were animals that lived long ago. Dinosaurs were reptiles that lived all over the earth. There were many types of dinosaurs. No humans lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Every year scientists learn more and more about these creatures that disappeared.

Take a step back in time! Listen and rhyme while you learn more about dinosaurs!

Way back 200 million years or more, theyd squeak and and howl and roar.

Theyd fly or walk on two legs, some on four.

They were the mighty, mighty dinosaurs.

There were tiny ones smaller than a mouse, the really giant ones as big as a house.

Some had spikes and horns to use for their .

It helped them stick around awhile before the big of the dinosaurs.

The real mean ones were meat eaters. It helped to make them bigger.

Well others were plant eaters. I guess they watched their figure.

A group of them is called a , but many lived alone.

One thing they had in common was theyre bad to the bone.

What happened to the dinosaurs? Why are they not around?

Perhaps a rock just hit the Earth and knocked them out of town.

Or maybe a volcano spilled some all around.

The truth of it is oftentimes these answers cant be found.

are folks who study dinos.

They found some fossils in the ground and knew they were not rhinos.

Skeletons were made from the bones that fit together.

Every year we know a little more, but we know that well never meet a dinosaur.

But dinosaurs have cousins that are hanging around.

You know the crocodile is just one that Ive found.

Lots of different birds that fly around the tree.

Just look into the mirror maybe you or maybe me? No, were not dinosaurs!

Way back 200 million years or more, lots of things we can explore: the sea, the sky, the stars, and more.

Theres nothing cooler than a dinosaur.

Nothing cooler than a dinosaur.

Nothing cooler than a dinosaur.

no longer living; an extinct animal is one that has died out, with no more of its kind

a large group of animals that lives or moves together

the hot, liquid rock that pours out of a volcano when it erupts

scientist who studies prehistoric life

to guard or keep safe from harm

to make a loud, harsh screech

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Draw your own dinosaur! How big is your dinosaur? What does it eat? How many legs does it walk on! You get to decide when you create your own dinosaur.