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1) Dinosaur!
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Series
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs explore the world of the dinosaurs, focusing on such aspects as their teeth, feet, eggs, and fossils. From cover to cover, this openly invites the reader to discover the delights of dinosaurs. The visual appeal is impressive. The text is informative. Fossilization, skeleton reconstruction, and a superb time scale round out a stunning and compelling book. Complete, authoritative, exact, and imaginative, it is sure to survive when...
2) Dinosaur
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Series
Language
English
Description
Discusses the environment in which dinosaurs lived, the characteristics of different types of dinosaurs, the disappearance of these creatures, and how scientists learn from their fossil remains.
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Description
"Paleontology meets pop culture in a talented young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome the inaccurate monsters of Jurassic Park. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the brilliant dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Bob Barner shakes the dust off the dinosaur bones found in museums and reminds us that they once belonged to living, breathing creatures. Filled with fun dinosaur facts (a T. Rex skull can weigh up to 750 pounds!) and an informational "Dinometer," Dinosaur Bones is sure to make young dinosaur enthusiasts roar with delight.
9) Fossil
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Fossil explores the creatures and plants that lived long ago. Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils. Children will be mesmerized by the bones, teeth, and plants from long ago that have all been turned to rock. This beautifully illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how...
10) Prehistoric life
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 52
Language
English
Description
Explores the origins of life on Earth, by studying the fossils of the past, from the early plants and animals, through the age of dinosaurs, and the coming of humans.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
A giant meteor blasts an enormous crater into Earth's surface, causing the end of what scientists call the Age of Dinosaurs. Here are the most recent theories about the history of dinosaurs, along with amazing facts about dinosaur discoveries. Gail Gibbons discusses the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and many of the non-bird dinosaurs that lived during each of those times. Each dinosaur is described with lots of detail for aspiring paleontologists,...
12) Fossils
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
[4th ed.]
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
291 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years ago. Some pterosaurs, such as the giant azhdarchids, were the largest flying animals of all time, with wingspans exceeding thirty feet and standing heights comparable to modern giraffes. This richly illustrated book takes...
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
What are fossils and how do they form? What kinds of fossils exist, and where are they found? This introduction to fossils covers the basics from the discovery of dinosaurs to the information fossils reveal about Earth's prehistoric past.
"This book introduces readers to fossils"--
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
viii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping, scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil record, Prothero creates a riveting and enlightening overview for anyone interested in the history of life on our planet. The twenty-five...
Author
Publisher
Discovery Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 atlas (224 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uncovers the secrets of our planet's rocks and fossils to reveal an ever-changing world more intriguing than any science fiction. It transports you into the past and examines the forces that will create the future.
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