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All about dinosaursóall in Dorling Kindersley style. Using the most accurate models ever produced, DK Guide to Dinosaurs blends lifelike dinosaurs replicas with photorealistic scenery. The resulting images bring dinosaurs and their strange world back to life in astonishing detail. Visit the dank swamps, moving seascapes, and sun-scorched deserts that marked and molded the lives and ultimate demise of the dinosaurs. Packed with mind-boggling dinosaur facts, records, and timelines, DK Guide to Dinosaurs profiles key species from Barosaurus to Tyrannosaurus and features many of the latest discoveries, including Giganotosaurus and the feathered Caudipteryx. The front cover of this jacket features a pack of Giganotosaurus dinosaurs charging through the conifer forests of Argentina, 95 million years ago. Bigger even than the colossal Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus is now thought to have been the largest predator ever to walk the Earth.
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The pictures are so realistic you'll be looking for dinosaurs around every corner. (Boston Herald)
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If you put only one dino book on your wish list, here's the one. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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(This book) offers a spectacularly authentic look at the great prehistoric creatures in their varied environments.... this is the mother lode for serious young students of the dinosaur. (Detroit News/Free Press)
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What makes (this book) different is the extraordinary realism of its pictures, the most startling being a Barosaurus and Giganotosaurus prancing down Park Avenue in New York amid the taxicabs and pedestrians. (PARADE Magazine)
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The book is loaded with information , both narrative and graphic; back-of-the-book glossaries, including basic dino-data and a guide to dino info on the Web, are especially well done (The Detroit News/ syndicated )
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Some librarians may wonder where to shelve such an oversized item, but this exceptionally appealing guide won't stay in the library long enough to worry about it. (School Library Journal)
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Dinosaurs come alive in a big way in this glossy, extra-large book.... for a true dinosaur enthusiast, this book will amaze and educate. (Grand Rapids Press)
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Plenty of information and great pictures will help report writers, and there is enough appeal to rope in the casual readers. (Children's Literature newsletter)
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Contains startling and realistic illustrations and factual information about the prehistoric creatures. (BookPage)
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...as handsome as it is interesting and informative.... the volume makes a solid reference book and is a browser's delight. (Boston Globe)
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This appealingly oversized compendium of the latest in dinosaur facts and tidbits will make an excellent browsing book for dinosaur aficionados.... from gross-out facts to fascinating fossils, Lambert has assembled an usual depth of information in a highly browsable format, making this a dinosaur lover's dream. (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books)
About the Author
David Lambert has written more than a dozen books about dinosaurs, including Dorling Kindersley's The Ultimate Dinosaur Book, joint winner of the Rhone-Poulenc Prizes for Science Books Junior Prizes in 1994. He has also written books on many other aspects of natural history and earth sciences -- both prehistoric and modern. In 1990 he won a New York Academy of Sciences Award, and he also won a US National Science Teachers' Association Children's Book Council Award.