The Secrets of Dinosaurs (PNSO Encyclopedia for Children, 1) - Hardcover

Yang Yang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1612545157 ISBN 13: 9781612545158

Publisher: Brown Books Pub Group, 2021

Synopsis

"The PNSO Encyclopedia for Children: The Secrets of Dinosaurs by Zhao Chuang and Yang Yang . . . features many recently discovered dinosaurs that even the most knowledgeable young experts aren't likely to have heard of before." —Matt Lamanna, Mary R. Dawson Associate Curator and Head of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Filled with incredible facts and history about the most famous reptiles to ever roam this earth, The Secrets of Dinosaurs is the perfect book for any child interested in dinosaurs. Detailed illustrations give a breathtaking look at what these beasts might have looked like, and transport readers back millions of years!

As much as two hundred and fifty-three million years ago, the most incredible beasts roamed this earth. They ruled supreme on the land, under the water, and in the air for some one hundred million years before their time came to an end. Now, all these years later, we study their bones—and the earth’s memory of their bones—to learn as much about them as we can. For years, humans have marveled at dinosaurs and have strived to learn more about these great beasts.

The Secrets of Dinosaurs, the first volume from the PNSO Children’s Encyclopedia, is a valuable book for anyone who shares this fascination! With beautifully detailed illustrations and thorough information on nearly one hundred species spanning three geological periods, you can immerse yourself in their world and learn all the secrets of dinosaurs!

About this title

About the Author

ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang are two professionals who work together to create scientific art. Mr. ZHAO Chuang, a scientific artist, and Ms. YANG Yang, an author of scientific children's books, started working together when they jointly founded PNSO, an organization devoted to the research and creation of scientific art in Beijing on June 1st, 2010. A few months later, they launched Scientific Art Projects Plan: Stories on Earth (2010-2070). The plan uses scientific art to create a captivating, historically accurate narrative. These narratives are based on the latest scientific research, focusing on the complex relationships between species, natural environments, communities, and cultures. The narratives consider the perspectives of human civilizations while exploring Earth's past, present, and future. The PNSO founders plan to spend 60 years to do research and create unique and engaging scientific art and literature for people around the world. They hope to share scientific knowledge through publications, exhibitions, and courses. PNSO's overarching goal is to serve research institutions and the general public, especially young people.

Reviews

Gr 3-7-"Oh, a gruesome fight is about to start!" "Even its friends don't trust the Majungasaurus." "In addition to its giant head, [Giganotosaurus] has many other big things." Though set apart from the general run of dinosaur galleries by a relentlessly breezy narrative, this Chinese import (originally published in 2015) also offers some first rate paleo art, and an unusual-but not exclusive-focus on species first discovered in China. The dinosaurs, grouped by clade (Ornithopods, Marginocephalia, etc.) but otherwise arranged in no particular order, are rendered in dazzling hues with every scale, feather, and claw painted in sharp, fine detail. Some selections float on monochrome backgrounds; others are placed in natural settings in either static poses or (also unusual, at least in surveys aimed at younger American audiences) chowing down gruesomely on hapless prey. Along with stirring obvious inventions into a mix of up-to-date facts and speculations that are backed up by a large, if scholarly, resource list, Yang sometimes departs from adjacent illustrations to, for instance, describe distinctive tails that are cut off by the scene's frame, or claim that the colorfully named Irritator ate fish when it's shown noshing on a pterosaur. Still, even confirmed dinophiles are likely to make new discoveries here. VERDICT Some conflicts between text and pictures aside, this is a likely hit for middle grade browsers and budding paleontologists alike-with read-aloud potential for younger audiences.-John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New Yorkα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown Books Pub Group
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612545157
• ISBN 13: 9781612545158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Chuang Zhao, Chuang Zhao, Chuang Zhao, Chuang Zhao
• Number of pages: 240