“The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T-Rex and How it Shook Our World” is David K. Randall’s brilliantly told story of the golden age in American archeology that led to discovery in Hell Creek, Montana of the fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex that astonished the world.

It’s a perfect story for young and adult readers as the author tells interesting tales of archeologists vying with each other to make the most astounding discoveries, but the main protagonist is Barnum “Dr. Bones” Brown, a paleontologist sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History who led an expedition in 1902 to Hell Creek where he unearthed T-Rex.

The book includes black-and-white photos of T-Rex and Triceratops skeletons on display, but as it’s intended for young readers, some illustrations imagining T-Rex and Triceratops duking it out in a primordial swamp millions of years ago would have been nice.

I highly recommend at 5 out of 5 stars!

There's quite a bit of really interesting and educational information in The Monster's Bones. I found it kind of neat, but my kids? Not so much.