Pocket Eyewitness Dinosaurs

by D.K. Publishing

Discover the world of dinosaurs in this essential pocket guide to the prehistoric world.

Learn about more than 150 prehistoric animals, including the sea-dwelling Plesiosaurus, the flying Pterodactylus, and the fierce Allosaurus. Creature profiles fill you in on those fascinating details needed to impress, such as which dinosaur has the thickest skull, who was the brainiest, and which dinosaur had more than 1,500 teeth. Find out how dinosaur fossils are formed and get to grips with the greatest prehistoric discoveries ever made.

Giving you fast facts at your fingertips, Pocket Eyewitness Dinosaurs makes learning about dinosaurs fun. With bite-sized chunks of information and eye-catching CGI images you can see what the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures looked like and how they behaved when they ruled the Earth.

Packed with amazing encyclopedic stats, stunning images for each dinosaur profile, and fun facts for kids, Pocket Eyewitness Dinosaurs will tell you everything you need to know about the prehistoric world in this handy pocket-sized guide.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Dinosaurs, Reference, Childrens

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 21, 2012

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this book at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in DC. I had a moment while staring at their T-Rex skeleton and needed to preserve that day. Reading this book was like revisiting that beautiful museum.

[mtnmilk · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow. fascinating. i will take a seminar next quarter

[Becky]

156 pages of dino factoids with realistic renderings of dinosaur features. Great glossary, table of contents. Includes other prehistoric reptiles

[Luan Topham-Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learnt lots of interesting facts about dinosaurs, great book :)

[Becky]

156 pages of dino factoids with realistic renderings of dinosaur features. Great glossary, table of contents. Includes other prehistoric reptiles