Creatures of Ancient Seas

Book Features:
• Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6, Guided Reading Level Q, Lexile 860L
• 32 pages, 7 ½ inches x 10 inches
• Vibrant, full-color photographs
• Includes pre- and during reading activities, vocabulary, comprehension questions, and an extension activity
• Reading/teaching tips, index, and glossary included

Mega-Cool Animal Facts: Discover ancient creatures that lived in ancient seas long ago in MegaCool MegaFauna: Creatures of Ancient Seas! Third—sixth graders learn about some of the biggest historic creatures that swam on Earth thousands of years ago.

Science Learning Made Fun: The 32-page children’s book teaches kids about fossils, what scientists have learned about them, and what underwater creatures they belong to!

Build Basic Reading Skills: This exciting kid’s book will help your child learn and improve reading fluency with pre-reading and during reading activities, vocabulary, comprehension questions, and a fun extension activity.

MegaCool MegaFauna Series: Part of the MegaCool MegaFauna series, each book in this series explores the history of some of the most massive creatures that ever lived on Earth.

Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

For thousands of years, people found rocks that they thought were giant dragon tongues that had fallen from the sky. But they were looking in the wrong direction! These fossils were actually the teeth and bones of creatures that lived in the waters long, long ago.

Kids who have torn through dinosaur books are the ideal audience for this introduction to prehistoric sea creatures, part of the Mega-Cool Megafauna series (4 titles). Photos of fossils and illustrations of aquatic megafauna (almost all labeled) fill the splashy pages of this volume, and the array of creatures is impressive: beyond the typical plesiosaur and megalodon, this book also profiles ancient sea cows, whales, fish, and turtles that dwarf their contemporary descendants. Occasionally, the layout makes the text a bit hard to follow, and readers might need some adult help with a few confusing descriptions, but the high-interest topic and eyecatching artwork of giant animals in action will find plenty of fans. A relative-sizes chart in the back matter helps put things into perspective, and follow-up questions will help aid reading comprehension. —Booklist , Spring 2021

For thousands of years, people found rocks that they thought were giant dragon tongues that had fallen from the sky. But they were looking in the wrong direction. These fossils came from huge animals that lived many years ago. They were the teeth and bones of the mega-sized, mega-cool creatures that lived in the ancient seas.