Boy,+Were+We+Wrong+About+the+Dinosaurs!

=**__Boy, Were We Wrong About the Dinosaurs!__**= by Kathleen V. Kudlinski

This book tells you all about new discoveries that have been made about dinosaurs. It tells you what scientists and people //**used to**// believe and how new discoveries have made them change their ideas. It just goes to show you, there are still new things to be discovered. I enjoyed this book. Here are some interesting things I learned:
 * Dinosaurs did not drag those big heavy tails. They were able to keep them up off the ground!
 * You can tell if an animal is cold blooded or warm blooded by examining the inside of it's bones! Dinosaur bones are unique. They look a little like cold blooded bones and a little like warm-blooded bones. So scientists now think they may have been a cross between the two.
 * Many small dinosaurs were probably covered with feathers. Big dinosaurs probably weren't. Small dinosaurs would have needed the feathers to stay warm. Big animals don't lose heat as quickly as small ones so they wouldn't have needed this extra help to stay warm.
 * Dinosaurs were probably striped and patterned so that they could blend in to their surroundings. They probably were not all one color like grey or green.
 * Dinosaur mothers took care of their babies. They didn't just let them hatch and go off on their own.
 * Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than to lizards. In fact, birds may be the distant relatives of dinosaurs.
 * Dinosaurs had special camping or nesting grounds where many many dinosaurs came together.

You can get this book at the Brooklyn Public Library. You can place it on hold by going to [|this page]. Make sure you have your library card handy, because you will have to put in your account number and pin number.

You can learn more about dinosaurs by following these links: [|Zoom Dinosaurs at Enchanted Learning] [|Dinosaurs for Kids] Learn how to pronounce dinosaur names at the [|Dinosaur Dictionary]. Also, you can hear a few dinosaurs talking about themselves!