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Packed with more than 1,000 incredible images and full of fascinating facts, this beautiful children's encyclopedia will bring young readers face to face with some of the most incredible creatures ever to exist!
Did you know that archeologists recently discovered the fossils of a 110 million-year-old dinosaur named Nodosaur, as well as some remarkable feathered dinosaurs that were recently unearthed in China? Well, now you do! Explore everything you need to know about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles, and mammals in this stunning dinosaur encyclopedia for children aged 9-12.
Featuring fossil fragments, full skeletons, and CGI renderings of dinosaurs - from the deadly Tyrannosaurus to the plant-eating Diplodocus, armoured fish to giant millipedes and terrifying sharks and so much more, this dazzling dinosaur book is a must-have volume for young dinosaur enthusiasts.
Celebrate your child's curiosity as they explore:
-Striking and detailed diagrams, drawings and illustrations on every page
-A highly visual approach to learning
-Ideal combination of colourful diagrams with infographic text boxes
-Featuring amazing close-ups and CGI reconstructions of prehistoric scenes.
Covering all forms of prehistoric life, from the first primitive invertebrates to the earliest mammals, this kids dinosaur book provides young readers with essential background information about the geological periods, evolution and extinction, and every aspect of dinosaur science! The striking illustrations, photographs and diagrams featured throughout provide an optimum visual learning experience for both children and adults alike, accompanied by an array of fun facts all about your favourite fierce dinosaurs, and some lesser-known species too.
This dinosaur encyclopedia includes at-a-glance panels that provide a quick reference to all the stats, making it an ideal combination of colourful diagrams and infographic text boxes, with easy-to-read accessible text for readers aged 9-12, yet can be enjoyed by the entire family, making this enthralling children's encyclopedia a beautiful and educational gift that can be passed down generations.
Learn all about the world one picture at a time!
If you like Dinosaur Book then why not complete the collection? Part of the highly-visual Our World In Pictures series, avid readers can become a vehicle virtuoso with Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes, venture on a journey across the globe with Countries, Cultures, People & Places and explore the animal kingdom like never before with The Animal Book.
Contents
1: Foreword
2: Timeline of life
3: Changing planet
4: Types of fossil
5: Fossil finds
6: Origin of life
7: Game-changers
8: Evolution and extinction
9: The vertebrates
10: What is a dinosaur?
11: Inside a dinosaur
12: Before the dinosaurs
1: The first animals
2: Built to survive
3: Set in stone
4: Trilobites
5: The age of fish
6: Fish armour
7: Early life on land
8: Towering trees
9: Arthropod Empire
10: Airborne giant
11: Early amphibians
12: Rise of the reptiles
13: Reptiles branch out
14: Hungry hunter
13: The age of dinosaurs
1: The first dinosaurs
2: Prosauropods
3: Sauropods
4: Mobile necks
5: Titanosaurs
6: Footprints and trackways
7: Stegosaurus
8: About tails
9: Deadly spikes
10: Ankylosaurs
11: Dinosaur defence
12: Iguanodontians
13: Plant-eaters
14: Hadrosaurs
15: Cool crests
16: Dinosaur eggs
17: Dinosaur Creche
18: Pachycephalosaurs
19: Ceratopsians
20: Head to head
21: Herds and packs
22: Early theropods
23: Allosauroids
24: Cutting edge
25: Tyrannosaurs
26: Ultimate hunter
27: Ornithomimosaurs
28: Oviraptorosaurs
29: Arms and hands
30: Protective wings
31: Therizinosaurs
32: Sharp Claws
33: Dromaeosaurs
34: Toothed eagle
14: Dinosaurs take flight
1: Skin, scales, and feathers
2: Feathered hunters
3: First up
4: Taking off
5: Early birds
6: Giant birds
7: High speed killer
15: Pterosaurs
1: Early pterosaurs
2: Later pterosaurs
3: Prowling predator
4: Colour crests
16: The marine world
1: Life in Mesozoic seas
2: Early marine reptiles
3: Flippers and tails
4: Giant marine reptiles
5: Ambush hunter
17: The rise of mammals
1: A new world
2: Trapped in amber
3: The first mammals
4: Giant sloths and armadillos
5: Body cover
6: Mega-marsupials
7: Giant herbivores
8: Powerful predators
9: Mammal teeth
10: Sabre charge
11: Ice-age giants
12: Primates
13: Early humans
14: Window on the past
18: Glossary
19: Index
20: Acknowledgements
