Sunday, February 17, 2013

Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern

Barnum Brown's parents named him after circus icon P.T. Barnum, hoping that he would do something extraordinary--and he did. As a paleontologist for the American Museum of Natural History, he discovered the first documented skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as most of the other dinosaurs on display there today.

85 comments:

  1. i relly like dinosoures

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  2. I thout this biography was very intresting about Barnum.***

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  3. I thought this was really interesting. I learned a lot about the man who discovered T.Rex!***

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  4. This was very interesting. Iv'e actually wondered myself before about who was the first person to discover the T.rex.**

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  5. I thought it was interesting that the bones became a T-Rex. I thought it was really good. I give it ***.

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  6. I thought that it was really good and interesting I like how he called the T rex his child and it was cool. I give it **** stars.

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  7. This book was really intresting!I learned alot! I give it *** stars.

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  8. I cant belive they had to dig a six foot trench to get a t-rex head and the story was amazing.****

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  9. I love the fact that the book has alot of funny
    picters for exaple the page that shows the rivle of Barum's owner is throwing a fit because the rivels museme found some parts to a new dinosuare.

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  10. I liked Barnums Bones a lot because of how unique and how super stitious he was in this book and how he was so inportant because he descoverd the most to inportant dinosaurs.

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  11. I like barnums bones because the person how wrote the book said that he could smell bones ***.

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  12. I was amazed that it took him sevn years just to clean and dust off bbones! Rate: ***

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  13. I like how he filled up hid bedroom with fossils when he was young.****

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  14. I love the book my favorite part is when the t-rex stands right in front of all the people. ****

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  15. I really like this book because now i know who discovered the T-rex

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  16. I liked how nice the book was and it had facts it was a really intertaining book I give it **** stars

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  17. this is a good book becaues it tells about dinosuars.*****

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  18. I really liked this book! my favriot part is when he finds the last peace of the puzzle its the head of the T-rex

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  19. and my rateing is ***

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  20. It was very exiting to find out what he was gonna discover next. It got me on my toes ever second my nose could not get out of that book.****

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  21. I liked the book because of the vivid details in the illustrations and my favorite illustration is when they show the dinosaur skeleton on the wagon on the way to the train because of how big the skeleton looks.****

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  22. I liked this book because it hade a lot of exiting facts.
    ***

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  23. I really liked this book because I learned a lot of facts about bones and finding bones. ****

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  24. I thought it was very heartfelt at the end when his family finally thought he did something interesting.**

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  25. I liked this book because it was very interesting and I learned about how to find bones.***

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  26. I love the book I did not know alot about dinosors but I do now I would give it***

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  27. I think it was a good book because it is a book with a lot of cratevte and a lot of facts about bones.I like the part were he finds the T.rex and how long he takes.***

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  28. I like that he wanted to do his own thing and decover boens and put them to gether I give it ***** stars

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  29. I like this book because it gave me tons of facts.
    I like when he finds the t-rex head

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  30. This book is mind blowing it is so amazing to read about Dinosaurs and learn so much about them! ****

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  31. I like this book because I get to learn new stuff about Dinosars.

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  32. I thought is was a good book because i got to know where all the fossils he found were, I give it ****

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  33. I liked it and it was interresting about dinosors ****

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  34. I like it was a really cool book how it was all about fossils i really liked it***

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  35. i like the pictures ithis book ***

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  36. I love this book it gave alot of interesting facts like how Barnum dicovered the
    T-Rex***

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  37. I really liked this book because it gave alot of information . I did nit know it took all that to descover ahole t-rex.***

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  38. its a very good book how it talks about fossils and where they found them.. RATE: *****

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  39. I like this book because Barnm is a cool creative, yet weird guy. and I love how the book said he could smell fossils. I give this book **** stars.

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  40. I loved this book because Barnum was the one that found the first saurischian-hipped dinosaur and it was the tyrannosaurus.****

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  41. i liked on some pages how there were pictures of dinorus in the background.
    RATE:*****

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  42. I liked how every where he looked he found bones.I also liked how he found the missing peace to the dinosaur.

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  43. I liked it when barnums parents name him after the circus and thats cool and I would give it ***** stars for it being the best book I"ve ever read.

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  44. I like this book because I learned a lot about dinosoures that I never knew about.
    ***

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  45. I love the book because it was about dinosaurs and it had a back ground of the dinosaurs on the wall. RATE:****

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  46. this book was awesome i love how it showed the t-rex it was very cool i give it **** stars

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  47. I like this book because he is mysteryis advengeres

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  48. I love that the story was about a real guy and I got to learn about dinosours along the way *****

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  49. I liked the book because of the fossils they were right on*****

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  50. I really like this book because in the begining how he started by colleting sea shells then he went to colleting dinosour bones.***

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  51. I like Barnum's Bones because it has adventure and lots of challenges. I like the part when he figures out another museum is competing with him. I rate this book *** good! I recommend it to a friend.

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  52. I think this book was very interesting.I did not know that people didn't know that the T-Rex existed. Barnum seemed like he really liked what he did and was a great fossil Hunter. I rate this book 3 stars.

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  53. I did not like this book because there was to many confusing parts.**

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  54. I didn't like this book because I like books that are more juicy and fast in movement not in words. The book was interesting but it just wasn't my type of book.

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  55. I like when he got bite by mosquitos.***

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  56. I liked this book because I like fossils and I think that was the best book I have ever read and I would give it ***** stars

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  57. This book was amazing I love it when the book showed the gaint Dino. Bones
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  58. I like this book because I like how he was the first to find a skull of a t-rex.***

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  59. I really like like when he found the fossils in the world.

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  60. I like this book because it shows what he woners then he finds bones to make a
    t-rex

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  61. i like it because he did knowone else could do......find the t-rex

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  62. Barnum's bones is a famous person for discovering T rex and it has funny parts like he dress up in suit when finding bones.

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  63. I think this book is so cool because Barnum finds a t-rex.

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  64. I liked this book because it was a good realistic fiction and i kind of like dinosaurs

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  65. i like the book because it as about dinosaurs and bones

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  66. The Barnum Bones book made me love the T-Rex****

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  67. omg just read barnums bones it was real but fake at the end it was ok***

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  68. i like this book because I like how he was the first to find a skull of a t-rex.***

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  69. i like his big colection of fossils

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  70. I like this book because I finally found out how big a t-rex skull is. I give it 3 stars.

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  71. I like Barnams bones because he does what he wants to do and not what his parents want him to do.***

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  72. I like this book because it is a nonfiction book about dinosaurs. I learned alot from this book.

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  73. I think its sad when Barnum dies after a long life of fossils.

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  74. I really loved this book! Why you ask? Because I really love fossils and I think this was a really good book and I would like to meet the Author and talk to him. I give this book *****

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  75. Oh my gosh!I love this book so much,but it was sad how he died.***

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  76. I liked this book because he was the first person to discover the t-rex.
    Also i really like fossles.***

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  77. I liked the book because he was the first one to discover the t-rex.**

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  78. This book tought me alot about dinosaurs! The pictures were so great! ***

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  79. I love the dinosours fossils and pictures

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  80. i like this book because it had good info on dinosaurs****

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  81. I love this book because it like teaches us a lot about dinosaurs

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  82. This book is fasanating because i like to learn about dinorsour. *****

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  83. Haley/Bowen
    i like how it is historical

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  84. I like this book because he learns alot about dinosaurs

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  85. I liked the book because it was an adventure book and exciting

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