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Hardback - “Scholastic Dinosaurs A To Z” - $20 (Elkhorn)
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• Publication date: September 1, 2003
• Print length: 224 pages
• ISBN-10: 0439165911
• ISBN-13: 978-0439165914
• Reading age: 9 years and up
• Dimensions: 9 x 0.75 x 11.75 inches
The successful author/illustrator team from "Dinosaurs to Dodos" now presents the most comprehensive and complete reference on dinosaurs available anywhere.
Scholastic Dinosaurs A to Z presents an enormous amount of dinosaur information for budding paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters.
The text is thorough and interesting and not too difficult for elementary-school readers, who will be excited to have this book. The facts and explanations are very interesting and address most of the questions kids have about dinosaurs, how they lived, how they are discovered, and how scientists figure out what they are. The bibliography lists books, videos, reputable Web sites, museums, and expeditions. The author even tells readers how to participate in a dig.
Arranged alphabetically, this book contains more than 700 entries of every creature that has scientifically been deemed a dinosaur as well as those that are commonly mistaken for dinosaurs. This easy-to-navigate organization allows readers of all ages to glean as much or as little information about each animal as they need.
Introductory essays cover topics such as how dinosaurs are named and grouped. The heart of the book is the alphabetical list of more than 700 entries, providing pronunciation, name derivation, classification, size, era, geographical location, and diet for each species. Brief paragraphs offer further descriptions, behaviors, and interesting facts.
Most of the dinosaurs are accompanied by small illustrations, either of the animal or its fossil, and numerous striking full-page paintings show these creatures in their habitats, often in active poses that grab the eye.
Almost half of the pages are color illustrations of the dinosaurs mentioned on the facing page's text. Smaller illustrations are liberally placed throughout, including pictures of bones and teeth as they are found at digging sites. Information boxes profile paleontologists or give interesting sidelights about dinosaurs and dinosaur research.
This hardback is in excellent, “like-new” condition and appears to have never been read. Amazon is currently selling this hardback for $34.61 (see photo). Extreme care was taken while obtaining photos of the interior pages to preserve their perfect condition. Asking only $20.