A brand new edition of Monster Stones from the Science Works series, featuring lively storytelling and fun, engaging illustrations to aid children in their learning. Millions of years ago, a hungry dinosaur did something daft and died in a river. What happened next is one of the oldest stories in the world – the dinosaur became a FOSSIL. This book takes the reader back millions of years to tell the story of a dinosaur’s death. Through this story, we discover how fossils are formed. We also learn how they are discovered, removed, researched and preserved in museums. This book also contains an experiment, more great facts to know, useful websites and an index. Book band: Lime Ideal for KS2.

Jacqui Bailey has spent a lot of her adult lifeworking with children’s books. She has been an editor and publisher ofeverything from picture books to encyclopedias, but mostly enjoys finding outamazing bits of information and then writing about them. She is an award-winning author with more than 20 children’sinformation books to her name, including A Cartoon History of the Earthseries.Jacqui lives in London – and thinks it is the bestcity in the world.