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Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World

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By Tracey Fern
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
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Barnum Browns (18731963) parents named him after the circus icon P.T. Barnum, hoping that he would do something extraordinaryand he did! As a paleontologist for the American Museum of Natural History, he discovered the first documented skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as most of the other dinosaurs on display there today.An appealing and fun picture book biography, with zany and stunning illustrations by Boris Kulikov, BARNUMS BONES captures the spirit of this remarkable man.Barnums Bones is one The Washington Posts Best Kids Books of 2012.

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1664 words1,664 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile 1010LLexile 1010L
Grade 3 to 5Grade 3 to 5
Age 8-10Age 8-10
Published 2012Published 2012

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