Franco Tempesta loves nature, the sea, diving, and traveling. In April 2014, the Museum of Paleontology of Naples hosted a permanent exhibition dedicated to his illustrations of dinosaurs. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Italian Illustrators Association. He has collaborated with national and foreign publishers, such as Smithsonian, National Geographic, Random House, Firecrest Publishing, Geoworld, and important advertising agencies of Italy. Specializing in naturalistic illustration, in the last ten years he has focused his attention on the realization of realistic images of dinosaurs and primitive mammals. Smithsonian All-Star Readers Pre-Level 1: Adorable Baby Animals by Courtney Acampora - A guide to baby animals for aspiring readersDeveloped in collaboratio. After reading about the planets and space exploration through the Smithsonians. Since he was a child, he loved drawing animals, dinosaurs, and dragons. Smithsonian Reader Level 1 by Courtney Acampora, Sep 18, 2018, Silver Dolphin Books edition, paperback Smithsonian Reader Level 1 (edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. Buy Smithsonian Adventures in Science: Space by Courtney Acampora (ISBN. Currently working in publishing, Courtney's lifelong love for both art and books fused together and gave her the opportunity to write and create engaging books for kids. Courtney lives in San Diego, California.įranco Tempesta was born in Milan, Italy. in art history from San Diego State University and a M.A. After reading the 32-page high-quality introduction to nonfiction, children can take a quiz that reinforces reading comprehension.Ĭourtney Acampora holds a B.A. From the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex to the soaring Pterodactyl, children will learn about dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures while building reading skills with the carefully designed leveling structure. Adria Klein, Smithsonian Reader Level 2: Dinosaur Discoveries provides accessible and engaging content designed to encourage further progress in children’s reading abilities. Developed in partnership with the Smithsonian and esteemed literary childhood literacy expert Dr.

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