Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life

DK Smithsonian Handbooks

by D.K. Publishing, Hazel Richardson

The newest addition to the DK Handbooks series, Smithsonian Handbook to Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals features detailed profiles of 200 dinosaur species, full-color illustrations and photographs showing actual excavation sites.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Reference, History, Dinosaurs, Animals, Nature

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

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

[Afton · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life, by Hazel Richardson, was the most beautiful book I have ever read. It’s stuffed with interesting dinosaur facts, incredibly detailed diagrams about the dinosaurs, well-structured information, and articulate timelines. One specific dinosaur I loved reading about was the Carnotaurus because its arms are so puny, it was hilarious. For such a big and ferocious dinosaur, it was funny to see the wacky proportions. One of the most goofy-looking dinosaurs was the Therizinosaurus because its name means “scythe lizard” and it looks like a 40-year-old zebra chicken. It was also really fascinating to see the many different types of ankylosauruses. It really helped show the beauty and mechanics of evolution. Oh my goodness, I was in heaven when I got to the Cretaceous period because it started with the big carnivores. Overall, I’d give this book 100 out of 5, but since that’s not possible, I’ll give it a 5 out of 5. I would recommend this book to any dinosaur-loving people out there.

[Rhys Causon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this needed a pronunciation guide for more than the names of the creatures spoken about in this book. I was struggling to understand how family groups would be pronounced personally.

But other than that I enjoyed this book and even though this sells itself on Dinosaurs predominantly there are other eras of life spoken about. Even though it can be a bit samey if you binge read the earlier sections.

And I would say that if you’re a fan of prehistoric life documentaries you may know a lot of this information already as it is, pardon the pun, very bare bones with general information. Guess it can be used as a launching pad for finding more information on what captures your imagination.

[Max D'onofrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a big book about Dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. Lots of cool pictures! What isn't to like? (This may or may not be for kids...but who cares.)

[ReadingSloph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely what it says on the tin. Exactly what I wanted and I was just so excited to see the amazing and stupid dinosaurs that existed.

[Heather S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

great field guide

[Mrs. DL · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely thorough yet still approachable, not solely focused on the dinosaurs (which I appreciate a lot).

[londra ☻ · Rating 4 out of 5]

dinosaurs are so cool like what the hell

[Robert Bodea · Rating 5 out of 5]

O carte minunată, care prezintă cu măiestrie lumea preistorică.

[Rebecca Thomason · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 2 year old loves Dinosaur Train and sings this song with dinosaurs A-Z. When I was a kid, we only learned about maybe 20 dinosaurs, so I got this book to figure out what my daughter knows that I don't. This books has several errors and a couple instances where the images don't exactly match the descriptions, but it was a great starting point for me. Now I want to go find a more recent and more thorough encyclopedia of the Mesozoic and keep going. My little paleontologist enjoys all the extra stuff I can now show her.

[Asyraf]

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[Juan Lopez]

its a great book about dinosaurs and their amazing success