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What are as light as a feather and as old as the dinosaurs? Butterflies! With a lively text and vibrant paper-collage illustrations, award-winning author Bob Barner brings us a wonderful look at the amazing history of butterflies, and how their lives intersected with the dinosaurs millions of years ago. Readers will be fascinated to discover that when they stop to admire a beautiful butterfly, a dinosaur may have once done the same! This gorgeous,...

Rhyming text and paper collage illustrations highlight fun dinosaur facts.

"Spinosaurus was a truly unique dinosaur. But it has certainly left behind plenty of questions for scientists to answer! Students will enjoy developing their own conclusions about the life and times of this spiny lizard. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, a Did-You-Know section, and an overview of the geologic time scale"--Publisher description....

"Find out how the enormous, plant-eating Apatosaurus gained the name 'deceptive lizard.' Learn what role it played in 'The Great Bone Wars' of the 1870s. Follow the many changing theories surrounding Apatosaurus, and come up with your own ideas about what life was like for this strange and mysterious dinosaur! Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research,...

"Life was often difficult for the Iguanodon. It couldn't fight larger dinosaurs with sharp teeth or pointy spikes. Even thunderstorms could pose a danger. Learn how Iguanodon survived on Earth for nearly twenty million years and why its fossils have been discovered all over the planet. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, a Did-You-Know section,...

Uses a question-and-answer format to provide information on dinosaurs, discussing how and when they lived, what they looked like, which ones were the deadliest, and why they disappeared.

Was Tyrannosaurus king of the dinosaurs? Which dinosaur went fishing? Why did dinosaurs eat stones? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this fascinating question-and-answer book all about dinosaurs. Accessible and entertaining text makes learning about dinosaurs fun, and information is presented in bite-sized nuggets, making it ideal for reading aloud.

Looks at the dinosaur species Tyrannosaurus rex, with information on how they appeared, how they might have behaved, and how scientists know about them.

An introduction to ankylosauruses that provides information on when and where they lived, what they ate, how they defended themselves, what they looked like, and where their bones have been found.