Raptor: The Life of a Young Deinonychus

By Michel Henry

Life for a young Deinonychus (a raptor) is filled with challenges. He must hunt for food, negotiate his place in the tribe hierarchy, attract and mate and deal with predators and natural disasters. Featuring colourful illustrations, this title offers a look at the events of a raptor's life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810957752
• ISBN13: 9780810957756
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 8

Customer Reviews

Fabulous illustrations, great story!

The illustrations are gorgeous, too vivid sometimes, like half-eaten carcass of fallen giant with all the gruesome details. It didn't deter my little dinomaniac though. Great story of survival. I would totally buy something of this kind to add to my little one's library. Great value for the price.

The story leaps off the page!

Reviewed by Eric Zeda (age 8) for Reader Views (6/07) The story is about a Raptor's life. It explains how a raptor survived, what it ate, and how they got their food. It also talks about their enemies and the dangers they faced. It also talks about mating practices. Deinonychus is the character goes through a lot of dangerous adventures. He fights predators; he escapes a fire, has babies, and fights another raptor and becomes the leader of the pack. I liked the story in "Raptor: The Life of a Young Deinonychus" because it was about raptors. I enjoyed the fighting and when he escapes the fire. The story was exciting. I like the pictures because they were colorful, but I was disappointed because the pictures of the raptors were not like the ones I have seen on the internet and movies.