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First Dinosaurs (The New Dinosaur Library), The
Did you ever wonder what dinosaurs really looked like?
Dinosaurs roamed Earth 225 million years ago. Some lived on land, some swam in the sea, and some flew through the sky. But what did these creatures really look like?
The First Dinosaurs contains lifelike photographs of dinosaur models. These photographs show what dinosaurs looked like in their natural surroundings. Now everyone can learn fun facts about dinosaurs and see what Earth was like during the Age of the Dinosaur.
Dinosaurs roamed Earth 225 million years ago. Some lived on land, some swam in the sea, and some flew through the sky. But what did these creatures really look like?
The First Dinosaurs contains lifelike photographs of dinosaur models. These photographs show what dinosaurs looked like in their natural surroundings. Now everyone can learn fun facts about dinosaurs and see what Earth was like during the Age of the Dinosaur.
32 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1987
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July 15, 2024
Part of a series of books that I have had laying around the house that I never made time for. And in a sense I wish I had since I like the concept of how they made the photographer a "dinosaur photographer".
The first thing that I would like to bring up is the fact that the book clearly states that it was published in 1988 with the other books that help to comprise this particular series. As such I can already tell the information was going to be outdated since so much scientific advancements have been made in the field itself. And this was confirmed by the second book in the series Jurassic Dinosaurs in which the mighty brontosaurs and the apatosaurus were considered to be the same lizard although they have now been proven to be two different species. Furthermore in the same book I believe they included the spinosaurus, which isn't how we now perceive it to live.
The book itself starts off with a small introductory statement that provides the reader with some insight into where the book stands on the planetary timeline although only Jurassic Dinosaurs uses the name of the period in which the events takes place. Furthermore some other information is included in what is also occurring historically and evolutionarily while also mentioning the book doesn't stick with just dinosaurs.
Readers will find themselves looking at a small collection of dinosaurs and other similar animals that were around at the time. Each species receives a two-page entry with the colored photograph with a small caption on one side. The other page has a small insert box with the name of the species or two that is being mentioned, what family they were a part of, a pronunciation guide and the length of the said specimen while providing a side-by-side visual of the dinosaur in comparison to an adult person and a young child.
Above all this are a few paragraphs provided with more information about the specimen on the page and how they may have lived as well as what questions may have been brought up by the discovery.
The book does a great job in providing readers with names of those creatures they may know along with a bunch that they may not know, which makes me sad I didn't have these books as a child growing up.
From there the book ends with a few pages of extra facts that provides the reader with either more information about the individual specimens in the book, the timeframe being addressed or even just information in general. If you end up reading all the books back-to-back as I did, the reader will find some of these facts are repeated throughout the books found in the series. Furthermore there is also an index at the back of the book that also provides the reader with a few more pronunciation guides for terms found in the book although there are still some terms that the reader will find aren't covered.
The models used to illustrate the book show just as much need for being updated as the information in the books themselves since they portray the way scientists used to portray these animals. At the same time some of the models were well done while there were a few that were really too dark or blurry to make for a good visual.
All in all it was a rather decent start to the dinosaur collection, especially if you have little ones interested in this subject, just since it isn't so overwhelming. At the same time, though, there are probably also more factual and up-to-date books for young curious minds if you don't want them to go with the outdated.
The first thing that I would like to bring up is the fact that the book clearly states that it was published in 1988 with the other books that help to comprise this particular series. As such I can already tell the information was going to be outdated since so much scientific advancements have been made in the field itself. And this was confirmed by the second book in the series Jurassic Dinosaurs in which the mighty brontosaurs and the apatosaurus were considered to be the same lizard although they have now been proven to be two different species. Furthermore in the same book I believe they included the spinosaurus, which isn't how we now perceive it to live.
The book itself starts off with a small introductory statement that provides the reader with some insight into where the book stands on the planetary timeline although only Jurassic Dinosaurs uses the name of the period in which the events takes place. Furthermore some other information is included in what is also occurring historically and evolutionarily while also mentioning the book doesn't stick with just dinosaurs.
Readers will find themselves looking at a small collection of dinosaurs and other similar animals that were around at the time. Each species receives a two-page entry with the colored photograph with a small caption on one side. The other page has a small insert box with the name of the species or two that is being mentioned, what family they were a part of, a pronunciation guide and the length of the said specimen while providing a side-by-side visual of the dinosaur in comparison to an adult person and a young child.
Above all this are a few paragraphs provided with more information about the specimen on the page and how they may have lived as well as what questions may have been brought up by the discovery.
The book does a great job in providing readers with names of those creatures they may know along with a bunch that they may not know, which makes me sad I didn't have these books as a child growing up.
From there the book ends with a few pages of extra facts that provides the reader with either more information about the individual specimens in the book, the timeframe being addressed or even just information in general. If you end up reading all the books back-to-back as I did, the reader will find some of these facts are repeated throughout the books found in the series. Furthermore there is also an index at the back of the book that also provides the reader with a few more pronunciation guides for terms found in the book although there are still some terms that the reader will find aren't covered.
The models used to illustrate the book show just as much need for being updated as the information in the books themselves since they portray the way scientists used to portray these animals. At the same time some of the models were well done while there were a few that were really too dark or blurry to make for a good visual.
All in all it was a rather decent start to the dinosaur collection, especially if you have little ones interested in this subject, just since it isn't so overwhelming. At the same time, though, there are probably also more factual and up-to-date books for young curious minds if you don't want them to go with the outdated.
May 17, 2021
Sort of a mini-encyclopedia of some early dinosaurs with very basic and brief information about each. A nice addition is the pronunciation key for each dinosaur, which I really liked, since I always have trouble with the names. Also tells where each fossil was found, or where that dinosaur most likely lived.
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