How Tall Was a T. Rex?
(Wild Facts & Amazing Math)

A terrific introduction to the ups and downs of measurement as well as relative scale. (Informational picture book. 4-7)

In this companion to How Long Is a Whale?, Limentani presents another fact-filled and playful look at animal subjects and relative size, this time focused on the T. rex. She uses recognizable objects as illustrated reference points: "Its eyes were as big as baseballs. Its teeth were as big as bananas." Limentani also compares T. rex's proportions to that of other dinosaurs: "A T. rex was as tall as 10 velociraptors" (in an accompanying image, 10 of the small dinosaurs are stacked one on top of another, to reach T. rex's height). And a T. rex was about as tall as a modern-day giraffe, a final spread demonstrates. Limentani works in handsome lino cuts and digitally colored collagraphs set against bright backgrounds; the illustrations capture the cozy, consistent allure of dinosaurs to the target audience, while the factual content comes in a digestible amount for readers to take away. Ages 3-6. (June)