The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Aronson, Marc

The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781426311086)

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The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Aronson, Marc

The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science

$18.99
The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Aronson, Marc

The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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Could Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eagle sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracing the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the Griffin, and invented a new science. Now she and others travel the world matching myths and fossils.

Author: Marc Aronson
ISBN-10: 1426311087
ISBN-13: 9781426311086
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2014
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.40w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 167504 / Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2014 pg. 52
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 178
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2014
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 497
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 156 - Recommended, Satisfactory
By Marc Aronson
By Marc Aronson
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ADRIENNE MAYOR is an independent folklorist/historian of science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. The Poison King is Mayor's latest book, and won top honors (Gold Medal) for Biography, Independent Publishers' Book Award 2010. It is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist. The History Channel's "Ancient Monster Hunters" is based on Mayor's first book. Co-author MARC ARONSON is an award-winning author and editor who earned his doctorate in American History at NYU. A prolific author, a blogger for SLJ, and an innovative thinker on children's book subjects, Marc brings deep knowledge of how kids relate to information.

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