Ankylosaur Attack

by Daniel Loxton, Jim W.W. Smith (Illustrator)

This mind-blowing feast for the eye uses photo-realistic, computer-generated images to illustrate what dinosaurs might have looked like in their natural environment. Complementing the extraordinary images is an exciting, scientifically accurate story about a young ankylosaur (a plant-eating, heavy-plated dinosaur) living along the banks of a grassy lake. When he encounters an old ankylosaur, he gently endeavours to make contact, only to be rebuffed. Then a T. rex attacks, and the youngster knows the old dinosaur is in grave danger. Will the T. rex triumph? It looks that way, until the young ankylosaur comes to the rescue, tail club swinging. Ankylosaur Attack is book one in the Tales of Prehistoric Life series. Dramatic stories + eyepopping visuals = a surefire hit with young dinosaur lovers.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Daniel Loxton is a Canadian writer, illustrator, and skeptic. He is the Editor of Junior Skeptic magazine, a kids’ science section bound into the Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine. He writes and illustrates most issues of Junior Skeptic.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

A young ankylosaur meets an old ankylosaur. The old one doesn't like the young one. Then a T-Rex comes and attacks the old one. I liked that the young one helped the old one. I didn't like the artwork, it was too CGI.

[Kristi Drouin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book perfectly combined a story with science. Entertaining enough for me to enjoy reading to my 5 year old and not wish it were done already. We both learned quite a bit about ankylosaurs in general.

[Science For The People]

Featured on Skeptically Speaking show #130 on September 18, 2011, during an interview with author Daniel Loxton. http://skepticallyspeaking.ca/episode...

[Ann]

great story, great pictures, not only kids that love dinosaurs will love this book!

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dinosaur lovers will love this!