When Sue Hendrickson was a little girl she loved to read, explore, and dream of adventures. She would visit museums and wonder what it would be like to make discoveries of her own. When she was old enough she left home and traveled in search of making discoveries. After visiting places all over the world she ended up in South Dakota looking and digging for dinosaur bones. She spent four summers in South Dakota looking for fossils. On August 12, 1990 she decided to take a walk to stretch her legs. After a few hours she found a few bones sticking out of the mountain she was exploring. The bones were huge and she knew they must be from a tyrannosaurus rex. Sue and her friends started to remove the bones from the mountain. What they learned was that Sue had discovered the most complete tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found. Sue, her friends, and her fossil were becoming famous. But there was a problem...who owned the dinosaur? You'll have to read the book to found out who currently has the fossils but I'll give you a clue. Visit https://www.fieldmuseum.org/ to learn more about Sue. Oh...are you a little confused? The current owner of the tyrannosaurus rex named it Sue in honor of Sue Hendrickson, the little girl who grew up to make a huge discovery. I highly recommend this non-fiction picture book especially if you love dinosaurs as much as I do.
Now for those of you stuck at home (ok...that's all of you) here are some other dinosaur ideas:
- SORA (ebooks) has lots of dinosaur books for all ages through the school and public libraries.
- CHAT WITH A DINOSAUR!!! You read that right. Sue the Dinosaur has a friend at the Field Museum named Maximo the Titanosaur and her answers your questions. Visit https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/maximo-titanosaur to chat with Maximo.
- Read about Sue the Dinosaur in the news. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-chicago-sue-dinosaur-trnd/index.html
- Watch TV. Yes, you read that correctly. Watch TV. You can learn a lot about dinosaurs by watching documentaries. There are a number of documentaries on Disney+ and don't forget Dinosaur Train on PBS Kids at https://pbskids.org/video/dinosaur-train/2365491553
- Finally, there is always ALL the different Jurassic Park movies...not what I'd call educational but definitely a fun series of movies for many families. (But my favorite is still Dinosaur Train.)
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