Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

Kids of all ages are enthralled by these ancient reptiles! What is a Dinosaur? reveals the different types of dinosaur bodies, feeding and hunting habits, nests, eggs, fossils, and extinction theories. Striking, full-color illustrations highlight some of the more than 800 species.

Daniel, eight, and Mark, 11, never expected that a day spent tubing down Flatbed Creek would turn into one of the most exciting dinosaur finds in the past 20 years. Take this “you are there” tour of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, where six “hollow spots” discovered by the two boys in 93-million-year-old rock led to the discovery of the lo …

Pour tout connaître sur les étapes de l'exhumation d'un dinosaure. De la découverte des premiers fossiles, au montage final du squelette au musée. Voilà un livre fascinant illustré au moyen de sculptures de papier magnifiques.

The only book available that examines one of the great mysteries of evolution-the origins of flight in the animal kingdom and the controversial link between dinosaurs and birds. Did the great reptiles die out 65 million years ago, or were they well on their way to evolving into the creatures we know as birds? World-renowned paleontologist Philip J. …

Hypacrosaurus includes a kit with a full-colour book, a scaled-down replica of the dinosaur's skeleton inside a dinosaur egg, and a luxuriously illustrated poster.

Focusing on dinosaurs less than fifteen feet in length, the author/illustrator relates their size to objects common in a child’s world: a tricycle, a refrigerator, a backpack, to name a few. “A winner by any measure!”--Booklist

Here's an exciting new approach to the realm of dinosaurs. World-class dinosaur sculptor Brian Cooley takes kids on a journey into the recent past, when dinosaurs were thought to be cold-blooded, lumbering, solitary creatures. As Brian explains, paleontologists went on to discover new fossils that proved dinosaurs were lean, swift and gregarious. …

Kids of all ages are enthralled by these ancient reptiles! What is a Dinosaur? reveals the different types of dinosaur bodies, feeding and hunting habits, nests, eggs, fossils, and extinction theories. Striking, full-color illustrations highlight some of the more than 800 species.