DINOpal


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“Make a fortune overnight,” Josh’s dad said. “Easy as…” But he didn’t say anything about opal thieves… When Josh and his dad went to Lightning Ridge they didn’t expect to be caught up in a fossilised dinosaur bone drama. Nor did they expect to risk their lives underground in a collapsing opal mine miles away from help. Will they foil the robbers? Will the opalised bone be safe?




Dinopals


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Learn to read with the DinoPals.




DINOCROC - A Hunt for Ancient Crocodiles


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Josh goes out on work experience to far inland Australia in the Cooper Oil Basin and meets an eccentric retired professor who is in search of a long extinct crocodile. He plans to use his really clever mad scientist type equipment to survey parts of the country in his home-built gyrocopter in search of croc remains. He convinces Josh to fly with him but unfortunately all does not go to plan. The gyrocopter crashes. The Prof is injured. Josh disobeys all the prescribed safety rules in the Australian desert and leaves the Prof when he sees a flashing light on the horizon. Can he find help in time? This sequel to DINO BONE, DINO OPAL and DINOTHAW continues Josh’s dinosaur hunting adventures.




DINOPAL


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“Make a fortune overnight,” Josh’s dad said. “Easy as…” But he didn’t say anything about opal thieves… When Josh and his dad went to Lightning Ridge, an outback opal mining town in Australia, they didn’t expect to be caught up in a fossilised dinosaur bone drama. Nor did they expect to risk their lives underground in a collapsing opal mine miles away from help. Will they foil the robbers? Will the opalised bone be safe?




DINO BONE


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‘What sort of dinosaur had a bone like that?’ wondered Josh.… Kat cajoles Josh into going with her to a remote settlers hut in a regional farming area to investigate a stash of what could be dinosaur bones collected over a lifetime by a recently deceased cattle drover. The bones were only discovered after his death, and Kat has been asked by a palaeontologist friend to check out the collection. Camping in a remote area, they strike up an unusual friendship with a local stockman who, with his local knowledge, leads them to safety when they get caught up in an emergency and have to flee for their lives. And is it only dinosaur bones they find? This sequel to DINOTHAW and DINOPAL continues Josh’s dinosaur hunting adventures.




Internet Activities Through the Year


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Crusin' the Fossil Freeway


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The travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils. Throughout their journey, they encounter "paleonerds" like themselves, people dedicated to finding everything from suburban T. rexes to ancient fossilized forests.




Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway


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"A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational—and enormous fun." —Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000-mile paleo road trip. Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway follows the most unusual travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils. Throughout their journey, they encounter "paleonerds" like themselves, people dedicated to finding everything from suburban T. rex to killer Eocene pigs to ancient fossilized forests. This updated editions brings the text up-to-date on new discoveries, new realizations, and new places, along with new art. A fascinating travelogue, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway shows us that fossils are everywhere if you learn to look for them—even at 65 miles per hour.




Exploring the Living Universe


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