Synopses & Reviews
Dougal Dixon, author of the critically acclaimed Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs, brings young readers the fiercest, the tallest, the toughest, and the smallest of the known dinosaurs in the most up-to-date dinosaur book currently available. Young dinosaur enthusiasts will learn about the restless life of hungry meat-eaters and the perilous life of the plant eaters. They will discover how paleontologists gathered the fossils and what they can learn from the contents of a dinosaur's stomach. Dougal Dixon inspires the paleontologist in all children with full-color illustrations and diagrams mixed with bite-sized pieces of information. Basic facts accompany each dinosaur, including size, weight, favorite food, and the pronunciation of the name. Dougal Dixon's Amazing Dinosaurs encourages children to visualize the Age of Dinosaurs, while exploring basic theories and facts.
Synopsis
INSIDE
-- Meet more than 70 of the most fascinating dinosaurs, including exciting recent finds.
-- See the new feathered dinosaurs from China.
-- Discover how scientists know what a dinosaur ate for dinner.
-- Learn about dinosaur life from birth to fossilization.
-- Discover how armored dinosaurs protected themselves with spikes, spines, plates, and horns.
-- See how the food chain works as you learn about the favorite foods of the dinosaurs.
-- Learn how to say each dinosaur's name, and discover what it means.
-- See how a man would compare in size with each dinosaur.
About the Author
Dougal is an internationally recognized authority on dinosaurs. He is a popular science writer in the United States and Great Britain and the author of more than twenty books about dinosaurs, a number of them for young readers. Mr. Dixon lives in England.