Monday, April 1, 2013

Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern

Grades: 3-4

Do you love dinosaurs? Would you like to be a “Bone Hunter?”
Barnum Brown did and was! As a boy Barnum loved bones and he dreamed about finding bones from a species that no one had ever found before. Read this true story about an unusual boy who became famous for finding bones.

Author Website: http://www.traceyfern.com/

14 comments:

  1. Do you like dinosaurs? If you do, this is the book for you! This book is about Barnum Brown, who searched for dinosaur fossils for a museum. We read the book together as a class. The students who really liked the book are fans of dinosaurs and science. Some who did not enjoy it felt the topic was uninteresting.

    Mr. Allen’s 4th graders
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick

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  2. Some students in our class really liked this book because they are interested in dinosaurs. The students who didn't really like it are not interested in this topic. We thought Barnum was very brave when he faced a mountain lion and mosquitoes. We were surprised to learn that Barnum discovered a new dinosaur, the T-Rex. He never gave up on his dream of finding a new species of dinosaur.

    This book inspired some of us to want to hunt for dinosaur bones and to visit the American Museum of Natural History. We would recommend this book to people who like dinosaurs.

    Miss Moore’s 4th graders
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick

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  3. Barnum’s bones is a great book, because it was exciting and adventurous. Most people in our class liked it when Barnum discovered the T-Rex and added it to the museum. The people who did not really like the book where the ones who are not interested in dinosaurs. If you like to read about famous people and dinosaurs, read this book!

    Mrs. DiPadua’s 4th graders
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick

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  4. I think Barnums Bones is a good book because Barnum was weird but he liked finding bones and he focused and found the first T. Rex body ever. He went from a weird little boy to a famous archaeologist. But he didn't stop there. He stopped when he was too old to explore and find more bones.He discovered the T. Rex in 1902. I recomend it for ages 9-11.

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  5. I think Barnum's Bones is a really cool and interesting book. I love dinosaurs and I would like to be a paleontologist. I think the T -Rex is sooooooooooooo cool and so are all of all of the other fossils he found. I think he is a super cool guy.

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  6. This book is about Barnum Brown who discovered the first T-Rex. My favorite part was when they put the T-Rex dinosaur bones in the museum. You should read this book if you like science.

    Robert gr. 4
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick

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  7. This book is about Barnum trying to find some good bones.
    My favorite character is Barnum Brown because he found a lot of dinosaur bones. I liked this book because I like science and this book is about science. You should probably read this book because this book if you are interested in dinosaurs.


    RM
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick R.I 4th Grade School

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  8. The Grace School Grade 4

    This book is very good. It tells the story about how Barnum Brown discovered the most famous dinosaur in the world: the T Rex. Even after Barnum Brown died, the T Rex was still a popular dinosaur.

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  9. Dashon and Jackson, Grace School, 3rd Grade
    Barnum love to dig up fossil. It was illustrated very well. We loved the book because of the illlustrations.

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  10. The story is about bones and a museum. The story is about dinosaurs. Barnum travels all around the world to find dinosaurs bones. The book has colored pictures . I like I because he did a lot of the traveling. People should read this book if they like dinosaurs.
    grade 3, Grace School Eleanna

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  11. This book is about a boy named Barnum. He was born in Carbondale, Kansas. Barnum grew up to discover dinosaurs fossils. He traveled all over the united states to find fossils. I think he is brave and he never gave up. I liked the illustrations in this book. People should read this book if they like dinosaurs.

    Cassandra and Edy Grace School,4th grade, Providence RI

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  12. Barnum bones is about a boy who loves fossils and grows up to be a archioligist.
    It's a great book.

    -anomynous *<:P

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  13. Barnum bones is a great book. It is about a little kid with a hobby to collect fossils who grows up to be a great archeologist.

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  14. barnums bones is a really cool book because it tells about not just the discoverys he made but also about his life. i love dinosaurs and the tyranosaurus rex. Barnum is sooooo cool

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