If you've seen my middle school classroom， you know it's dinosaur themed and that theme has served me well this year。 So when this book graced the shelves at Barnes and Noble， I decided I really needed it。 I loved the leather bound cover and the embedded bookmark。 I loved the descriptions and what was chosen as included facts。 I also loved the water colored illustrations。 The book was a little heavy on carnivores， but only one Apex predator was listed and it wasn't T-rex， so that was interesting If you've seen my middle school classroom， you know it's dinosaur themed and that theme has served me well this year。 So when this book graced the shelves at Barnes and Noble， I decided I really needed it。 I loved the leather bound cover and the embedded bookmark。 I loved the descriptions and what was chosen as included facts。 I also loved the water colored illustrations。 The book was a little heavy on carnivores， but only one Apex predator was listed and it wasn't T-rex， so that was interesting to learn about too。 I plan to have this upfront and center in my classroom next year！ 。。。more