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DINOSAURS by Gibbons, Gail

ISBN: 9780823407088 PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Inc. FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 32 PUBLICATION DATE: 28.01.87 DIMENSIONS: 10.1 x 8 x 0.2 inches

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Bright illustrations and an informative text for young dinosaur fans.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly Gibbons begins with a clear introduction to dinosaurs and paleontology for young readers. Two-page spreads illustrate and highlight well-known dinosaurs and give an idea of each one's size, habitat, eating habits and behavioras well as a phonetic pronunciation of its name. In closing, Gibbons describes the two leading theories on the decline of the dinosaurs: either the planet grew too hot or meteoritic dust in the atmosphere caused it to cool down. An appendix describes the information gained from fossilized dinosaur footprints. Pleasant and informative, but the number of more elaborate dinosaur books render this one mostly supplemental. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal Grade 2-4--This is a simpler book than the author's Dinosaur Discoveries (Holiday House, 2005) but still adheres to the nonbird dinos, meaning those without feathers. Gibbons present a parade of Prosauropods, Therapods, Sauropods, Ceratopsians, and others for neophyte perusal, along with notes on the fossilization process, paleontology in general, and dinosaurian behaviors. Her rather slapdash illustrations do not include a time line, so young readers may not be aware that a variety of Ankylosaurs existed from the Middle Jurassic to the

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