Everything You Need to Know about Dinosaurs - Hardcover

DK; Woodward, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465415750 ISBN 13: 9781465415752

Publisher: DK Children, 2014

Synopsis

The next edition in the Everything You Need to Know About series takes readers to the prehistoric era when creatures like Smilodons, Pterodactyls and the Megatooth Shark ruled the land, air, and sea. Everything You Need to Know about Dinosaurs is packed with images, games, size comparisons, timelines, a glossary, an index, and more that will satisfy the curious minds of dinosaur-crazed kids, and be a trusted source for parents wanting to introduce their young readers to the world of dinosaurs.

From the earliest fossils to the death of the dinosaurs and everything in between (early man! mammoths! dinosaur poo!) Everything You Need to Know about Dinosaurs will intrigue readers and provide an experience that will redefine natural history for kids.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

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About the Author

DK Publishing was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children, and produces content for consumers in more than 87 countries and 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivaled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. It has a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. DK's adult range spans travel—including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides—history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGObooks. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher Rough Guides.

From Booklist

From superlative statistics on dinosaur species to techniques for examining fossil records, this attractively designed volume makes for an exhaustive resource on all things paleontological. Photographs, graphics, illustrations, and big bold text all share space on two-page spreads that each have a distinct theme, such as how dinosaurs brought up their young, similarities in locomotion, or what scientists theorize about their brainpower. Though the subject of dinosaurs is a common one, this book emphasizes looking at dinosaurs in new ways, such as drawing parallels between adaptive characteristics of disparate species and discussing dispelled myths about prehistoric creatures. Exactly how and why theories about dinosaurs are created and how they change over time as new evidence surfaces is discussed in depth. Considering the breadth of scope, this appealing book can be appreciated by the dinosaur expert and novice alike. Grades 3-6. --Erin Anderson

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1465415750
• ISBN 13: 9781465415752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80