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Wyoming: the 1880s. Bone hunters comb the land, looking for dinosaur fossils. Ned Chapman works on his father's ranch and dreams of finding a dinosaur skeleton himself. When a violent storm washes out some old bones in the fields, Ned finds himself thrust right into the world of the bone hunters -- men so competitive that they will do anything to bring back the best specimen, even cheat each other!
Elaine Marie Alphin and Don Bolognese bring this fascinating slice of American history to life.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 2-3-When Ned finds dinosaur bones on his father's Wyoming ranch in the 1880s, a fossil hunter tries to trick him into giving them up. However, the astute boy is able to outwit the swindler and eventually sells his treasure to a collector who promises to put the bones in a museum for all to enjoy. An author's note at the end tells of two paleontologists of the period. Illustrations in dull browns and blues are lightened by the red of Ned's shirt. Plenty of white space and the division of the story into six short chapters increase the book's accessibility, but the less than compelling plot makes it merely an adequate selection for transitional readers.-Anne Knickerbocker, formerly at Cedar Brook Elementary School, Houston, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
(Primary) The emphasis here is on the hunt, not the dinosaur--there's nary a live dinosaur to be seen, and we get only a glimpse of the fossilized skeleton young Ned Chapman finds on his father's Wyoming ranch. But that's okay, because readers ready for this advanced I Can Read book will have moved on from their preschool obsession and will welcome a story about unexpected discoveries, attempted swindling, and quick-wittedness. Alphin's historical backstory (related in an afterword) is that paleontologists scouring the 1880s West for dinosaur fossils vied with one another--sometimes unscrupulously--for the best finds, but Alphin makes sure that the action always revolves around the child character. When Ned, out checking fences after a storm, spots a half-buried triceratops skeleton, he agrees to sell it to a group of fossil hunters. Then he's approached by a rival paleontologist, who tries to cheat him by offering just one silver dollar for his treasure. Ned is as sharp-witted as he is sharp-eyed, however, and foils the man with a good (and, for the reader, nicely foreshadowed) trick. All ends satisfactorily, to budding paleontologists' minds, with the triceratops skeleton displayed in a museum and with Ned himself launched, perhaps, on an exciting career. Appropriately in a book for skilled early independent readers (who don't need to depend on clues in the illustrations to decode the text), Bolognese's minimalist watercolors merely sketch in the various personalities and the sere Western landscape. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus评论
Wyoming in the 1880s is the setting for this transitional early chapter book, based partially on historic characters who searched the West for dinosaur fossils. The main characters are Ned, who works on his father's ranch and dreams of finding real dinosaur bones, and George, the son of a fossil hunter who works for a paleontologist. Ned succeeds in finding a triceratops skeleton, and he keeps his cool when an unscrupulous rival fossil hunter tries to swindle him out of his fossils for a single silver dollar. The plotline is simple, and the story is heavy on dialogue, but the combination of dinosaur fossils, horseback riding, and ranch life is unusual and will interest boys especially. Bolognese adds to the effort with attractive watercolors with heavy ink outlines. He handles both the horses and people with flair, especially in illustrations of the two boys with their respective fathers, skillfully showing the family resemblance. (author's note) (Easy reader. 6-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 1-2. From the I Can Read series, this fictional story takes place in Wyoming in the 1880s. The morning after a storm, Ned is helping his father check the fences on their ranch when he discovers the bones of a triceratops. Outwitting a fossil hunter who tries to cheat him, Ned finds a better place to sell his find. In an appended note, Alphin gives background information about the noted fossil collectors and paleontologists of the period, who collected, prepared, and preserved the dinosaur skeletons that were coming to light in Wyoming and Montana. Bolognese contributes a series of sturdy line drawings, tinted with subtle shades of color that enhance the story rather than distracting the eyes. The clearly written story, historical context, western ranch setting, and, of course, the dinosaur connection also contribute to the book's appeal. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2003 Booklist
目录
| Chapter 1 After the Storm | p. 4 |
| Chapter 2 Real Fossil Bones? | p. 14 |
| Chapter 3 Something in the Dirt | p. 20 |
| Chapter 4 A Warning | p. 26 |
| Chapter 5 The Tricky Stranger | p. 30 |
| Chapter 6 A Real Dinosaur Hunter | p. 39 |