| Authors: |
Lancit Media Productions.
Great Plains National Instructional Television Library.
WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Burton, LeVar.
Lancit, Larry.
Aliki.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Dinosaurs -- Juvenile drama.
Fossils -- Juvenile drama.
Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile drama.
Children's television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Baltimore, MD : Distributed by GPN Educational Media, c2007. |
| Description: |
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Notes: |
Title from disc. |
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Originally broadcast on the PBS program Reading rainbow in 1983. |
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"The complete episode as seen on PBS"--Container. |
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Includes short reviews by children of the following books: Dinosaur time by Peggy Parish ; If you are a hunter of fossils by Byrd Baylor ; Dinosaurs! a drawing book by Michael Emberley ; Tyrannosaurus wrecks: a book of dinosaur riddles by Noelle Sterne. |
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Hosted by LeVar Burton. |
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DVD. |
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English subtitles and closed captions. |
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Includes public performance and circulation rights. |
| Contents: |
Diggin up dinosaurs -- The mysteries of dinosaurs -- What makes a dinosaur? -- Let's dig up fossils -- Book reviews -- Additional book recommendation. |
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| Summary: |
A reading of the book, "Digging up dinosaurs" by author Aliki. Introduces readers to many types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossils. Other segments: The mysteries of dinosaurs: LeVar buries a time capsule and relates this activity to what we find now when we look at dinosaurs from the past ; What makes a dinosaur?: dino-history poem with visuals of present day animals who are related to dinosaurs ; Let's dig up fossils: a visit to the Dinosaur National Monument where dinosaur fossils are dug. |