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The answer to the young dinosaur lover's prayers, this full-color reference covers the spectrum of dinosaurs from A to Z and shows each dinosaur's height relative to a prehistoric human.Children will spend hours poring over this authoritative guide to over 200 fantastic creatures that once roamed the Earth. ... Read more

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Good for Kids
It's really a great book for kids that are interested in Dinosaurs. But i wish it indicated if they were meat eating or plant eating. It also could have drawings of all dinosaurs rather than leaving some out.

Dinosaur Fact Finder
This book covers a very good selection of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. They have very good pictures and interesting facts. I especially like the graphic that shows the size compared to the size of man. I found this book to be very accurate and for the most part up to date. I would recommend it for children with an advanced interest in dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.CSE ... Read more

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Describes the great Ice Age of the Pleistocene and its effects on the climate, vegetation, animal life, and the world in general. ... Read more

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Text and illustrations present the life of the dinosaur known as the American mastodon. Includes information on how this prehistoric animal looked, along with its behavior. ... Read more

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This lavishly illustrated reference provides a trip through our evolutionary past, as it covers more than 600 extinct species--from predatory dinosaurs, primitive amphibians, and giant armored fish to sabertooths, cave bears, and flying reptiles--all depicted in specially commissioned full-color paintings, based the latest paleontological information. ... Read more

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Very interesting reading
Tracing the history of vertebrates, this interesting book provides good information about animals and how they evolved.The illustrations are also very good and interesting.I've read parts of this book to my little daughter and she loves looking at the pictures and imagining living back in time when these animals roamed the earth.

Young earth creationists might want to avoid this book like the plague.The timelines are very heretical and all those intermediate species show a solid pattern of evolution of life on this planet.

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informative; makes an interesting coffee table book too :-)

This informative and well-illustrated book would be a useful adition to any nature- or science-lover's personal library, or an interesting coffee table book

I've only seen and read the 1988 edition so I don't know how many changes have been made in the new edition, but I assume the format's still the same.Basically this is a very good non-technical introduction to prehistoric vertebrates (animals with backbones - fish, amphbians, reptiles, birds & mammals). Although there are some pages that provide the basic background - how fossils form, continental drift, etc - by the far the most interesting, and indeed the bulk, of the book is the coverage it gives to a large number of individual genera, each of which is illustrated by a color painting.It is the sheer number and diversity of creatures covered here, rather than simply a few dozen types of dinosaurs, that makes this book so interesting. I find the realism of the art work tends to vary - some drawings seem more realistic than others, but I suppose that's just personal taste.The art work is still of good quality thoughout though.The accompanying text is brief but clear and informative, and gives a basic introduction to that type of animal. The best thing about this book is that it's not just about dinosaurs (although these are covered in detail) but also deals with many other types of vertebrate creatures as well.My only real criticism is that despite the title - "animals" - no invertebrate animals were included, no trilobites, eurypterids, nautiloids etc.Still, you can only cover so much in the space available, and this book does a pretty good job. ... Read more

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Anacondas, woolly rhinos, and hyenas, oh my! Beware the beasts you'll meet inside these thrilling books, with special "X-Ray" pages that let you peer clear through to the animal's skeleton, colourful "call-out" illustrations, and myth-busting "Did You Know" questions - everything you need to safely get to know some of the scariest creature that ever lived! ... Read more

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An alphabetical guide to over 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived. ... Read more

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Cool Dinosaur Reference Book
I still remember when I first saw this book. One of my school class mates had it, and I instantly thought it was great and wanted my copy! This was back in the mid-nineties when I was in Junior High School. Finding a copy turned out to be much harder than it thought it would be for some reason. When I saw that amazon.com had it listed, I had to write a review!

Apparently the first edition came out in 1989 published by Dr. Michael Benton originally written in English. In the first pages the book goes into different sections: "El Descubrimiento De Los Gigantes Del Pasado" that talks about the first fossils discovered, "La Edad De La Tierra" focuses on Earth's age and it's history, then there's the detailed description on how fossils form and the different classes of them.
Next come a section that explains the different classes of prehistoric animals and finally on page twenty eight the first A creature, the dinosaur "Abelisaurus", appears and so it continues all the way to Z. In between there's such popular creatures like the Diplodocus, Spinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and the mandatory Tyrannosaurus Rex of course. You can't write a book about dinosurs and leave out the T. Rex, easily the most popular dinosaur ever!!

You may skip this paragraph but I would like to share a short story. It all happened back when I was in Junior High School in Argentina. It was around April of 1997 when I was in seventh grade that my natural science teacher assigned the class to do a presentation on dinosaurs. I was delighted! So she divided us in groups and gave us like two weeks to work on it giving us the actual class time and we could work after school too. That's when one of my classmates showed up one day with this book!!
So we used it as reference and it was very helpful indeed! That's why I liked it so much!
So then we prepared a couple of cool posters featuring a collage of dinosaur drawings taken from different books including this one of course!
I couldn't wait for our scheduled presentation date to arrive! Finally it came and my group did great. All members received a score of ten which in my country is the equivalent to 100 in the US. I recall using a radio antenna durning the presentation as a pointer which everyone thought was so cool! Also I brought pictures taken during a trip me and my family made a couple of years earlier to Chubut, one of the provinces of Argentina. In the city of Trelew, we visited the local natural science museum. In one of the exhibitions they had a dinosaur egg!!! So I posed for a picture which later I brought to school and passed it around to my classmates while we were doing the presentation!! The name of the museum is Florentino Ameghino.
Sorry for this extremely self-indulgent paragraph but I had to tell this story here!

Last but not least, in the last pages of the book, you get a World Museum Directory that lists all the places where you can find dinosaur exhibitions! (The Florentino Ameghino museum is not listed though!!) Also I was surprised at the age range given above for the book. Only up to eight years? If you ask me this book has no age limit really. To me, it doesn't really look like a children-only book.
Very cool book indeed!!
Thanks for taking the time to read!
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Text and pictures discuss the evolution of plants and animals and compare some of today's animals with prehistoric ones. ... Read more

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Text and illustrations present the life of the prehistoric flying reptile known as the pteranodon, including information on how it looked, along with its behavior. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. ... Read more

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Great Book for Children to Learn to Draw
I work with a low functioning student.He loves dinosaurs, and has talent for drawing.He saw this book in the library, and could not put it down.I purchased a copy for him, and he is so happy.I think any child interested in drawing these animals will simply love this drawing book, there is no reason at all not to purchase it.

Drawing the dinos is great

This book is simple, even for the non-artistic type child. The finished product of the dino drawing looks great.

Happy with
I was pretty happy with this book. It has a lot of items to draw and very easy step by step visuals.

My son loves it!
This is a great book for any young child who loves dinoaurs. My son is able to draw his favorite dinosaurs after reading this step-by-step, easy to follow book. ... Read more

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The North American Great Plains and Rocky Mountains have yielded many artifacts and other clues about the prehistoric people who once lived there, but little is understood about the hunting practices that ensured their survival for thousands of years. Noted archaeologist George Frison brings a lifetime of experience as a hunter, rancher, and guide to bear on excavation data from the region relating to hunting, illuminating prehistoric hunting practices in entirely new ways. Sharing his intimate knowledge of animal habitats and behavior and his familiarity with hunting strategies and techniques, Frison argues that this kind of firsthand knowledge is crucial for understanding hunting in the past. Illustrations: 51 b/w photographs, 8 line illustrations, 8 maps, 1 table ... Read more

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Prehistory and The Hunt
Well done, very readable, with personal experience noted from childhood onward to Phd. Wyoming Montana sites and artifacts (plus facts) not found elsewhere! Highly recommended. ... Read more

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Why were the dinosaurs "built" the way they were? How did this determine their lifestyles? This book answers these and other questions in a close-up look at the skeletons of 18 dinosaurs and other popular prehistoric animals. The reader should be able to understand the structures of these enormous creatures from the study of their bones, just as scientists have done. Each skeleton is presented dramatically on a black background, accompanied by a complete, "clothed" illustration and a to-scale human silhouette. It includes pull-out sections to display on a wall. ... Read more

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Text and illustrations present the life of the dinosaur known as velociraptor. Includes information on how this prehistoric animal looked, along with its behavior. ... Read more

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Bring back the dinosaurs!This kit has all you need to get started on your own prehistoric zoo.Learn how to twist, tie and transform basic balloons into wild beasts.Create a saber-toothed tiger, an ankle-biting Anklosaurus, a mighty T-rex, and much more!Includes a 64-page book with full-color photos and easy-to-follow instructions to guide you through each project.

Includes a balloon pump, googly eyes, and 34 multi-colored modeling balloons.Packaged in a plastic case. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, Seeley; Publication date: 1918; Subjects: Geology; ... Read more

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Create spectacular prehistoric drama by coloring portraits of the woolly mammoth, brontotherium, saber-toothed tiger, five others.
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Giant cave bears were creatures to be feared–and revered. Thousands of years ago, early humans painted images of them on cave walls. By the end of the ice age, the last of the cave bears had died out. The only things left were their bones–hundreds of thousands of bones–and eerie paintings in the caves they once inhabited.

Ice Age Cave Bear tells the story of these massive creatures in fascinating detail–what they looked like, where and how they lived, and what may have caused their extinction. Author Barbara Hehner takes us back to a time when the enormous bears lived alongside such ice age giants as mammoths, woolly rhinos, and cave lions–as well as Neanderthals and other early human beings. And she examines the question of whether or not ancient peoples actually worshipped the cave bear. ... Read more

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With eye-catching, realistic illustrations
Mark Hallett provides eye-catching, realistic illustrations to accompany the dramatic story of massive giant cave bears who were feared thousands of years ago. Kids in grades 5-6 will find this slim-looking book anything but a simple reader: it's packed with information and smaller print than usual, but has a high interest level to keep kids excited about the prehistoric creatures. ... Read more