Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!

Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! 

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, illustrated by S.D. Schindler

Non-fiction

This is another non-fiction book told in the form of a story, with a timeline in the back of the book. The story is about the different scientific discoveries about dinosaurs that have been disproved. The last line of the book reads, "When you grow up, you may be the scientist who makes us all say, "Boy, were we wrong about dinosaurs!"

Unlike the other dinosaur book I read (My Teacher is a Dinosaur), this is written in story form and doesn't have as many non-fiction constructs. While I would likely use the other book in my class library, this is one that I would consider using for instruction. This book is great for teaching students about the nature of science, specifically the fact that scientific knowledge is tentative. This book would also help to introduce the fourth grade science unit on fossils (4.E.2), since it stresses the importance of fossils for learning about prehistoric life.

Kudlinski, K.V. (2005). Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! New York, NY: Dutton Children's Books.