Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3334
Points per Word
0.0003
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Step into Reading: Step 5
Description
World-famous "Dung Detective" Dr. Karen Chin explains how coprolites (a.k.a. fossil feces) tell stories that bones cannot tell themselves, such as which plants and animals lived together in the ancient past. The coauthor is Thom Holmes.