Review: True Adventure plus Education
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2012
Spinner does not fit in with the other kids in his school. He can't even hit a baseball. He is more interested in fossils.  His favorite past time is to explore Dweller Meadow. His only friends are his yellow lab, Otter, and neighbor girl, Reglan, who join him in his search for fossils. When they find strange tracks they follow them to a place called Underland.  Thus begins the adventure.Author, Alan Nayes, takes his readers into the ancient and dangerous world of dinosaur, and other extinct creatures.This book not only brings excitement to young readers, it also teaches about prehistoric times, the study of paleontology, extinct creatures such as archaeopteryx, Smilodon fatalis, dinosaurs, and more. This book should be in every mid grade library. As a teacher, I would recommend this book to parents who are looking for educational, yet exciting, books for their mid grade children.