Celebrate Canada: Dinosaur Country

Dinosaur Country is a retell of a trip to Dinosaur Park in Alberta.  On the Badlands Trail, the reader sees Hoodoos and fossil bonebeds and walks where the dinosaurs once roamed.  Fact boxes provide additional information.  The style is conversational and informative. 

Mostly simple sentences are used.  The text is supported directly by a map, headings, labelled and captioned photographs, and illustrations.

Interest words include roamed, fossils, remains, giants, artists, and layers.  The verb shows is used.  The adjectives special, living, and wonderful are used.

This title is from the Celebrate CANADA series. Inspire readers to learn about the cultural, social, scientific, and Indigenous stories of Canada in these engaging, appropriately levelled informational texts.