Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs

by M. Jean Craig, George Solonevich (Illustrator)

Boy, do we got dinosaurs here!!!!

Genres: Dinosaurs, Nonfiction, Childrens, Classics, Animals, Palaeontology

Paperback

Published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Matthew Fleming · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still pretty fascinating, even if it is a little out of date now!

[B. Harlan Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perhaps it's no longer "accurate", but the George Solonevich illustrations make it worth the price of admission.

[Marijana Kuzeljevic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Možda više svi podaci nisu tačni, ali naracija ove knjige me tera da je čitam iznova. Mnoge stvari o podeli mezozoika su daleko jasnije objašnjene u ovoj knjizi, nego u bilo kojoj enciklopediji novijeg datuma. Prilagođeno je svim uzrastima, a ilustracije su i više nego vredne da se zaviri u ovu knjigu. Moj sin i ja smo uživali u njoj. Svaka preporuka za ljubitelje dinosaurusa.

[Suzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this book, super interesting

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good textbook masquerading as a regular nonfiction book. It is broken into chapters with sub-chapter categories. The dinosaur names have pronunciation keys in child-friendly language and is easy to differentiate by the rest of the text by larger, bold font in orange color, surrounded by parentheses. Pictures act as visual representations in a child friendly appearance without diagram components. Text highlights future and past related topics. Some language is defined by it's etymology (cerato Greek for horn). Other language includes more child friendly activating prior knowledge by referencing other children's weight or the length of a car. There is a glossary of dinosaurs at the end of the book for reference.

My only problem is that my copy of the book is so old the pages are yellowed and loose that I needed to tape them back.

[Robert Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book (I know because I wrote '1.' on the cover) I ever bought from the Junior School Book Club - I must have been about 10 years old. You all choose your books from a catalogue and about 2 weeks later they all arrive and it's Fab! I remember buying more of these book club books, but not sure what happened to them all.
The back cover has a picture of what looks like a Raptor (from Jurassic Park) and says: 'You could hold this dinosaur in your two hands. He was only as big as a small cat. Read about him and forty-five other dinosaurs in this book' . 'Cause all dinosaurs were male - right!?

[Azra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't resist this little book. It was published in 1965. There are quite a few brush and ink illustrations reflecting the attitudes of the time about what the dinosaurs looked like. Think of the monster dinos from '50's B movies and you're pretty close. I like to say it was before they looked like themselves.

It was interesting to see how much our views about dinosaurs have changed. From slow, dumb, plodding creatures (some with nostrils on top of their heads so they can hide in deep water) to the familiar creatures we know today.

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had this paperback when I was a little kid. The ideas about dinosaurs (such as their locomotion) turned out to be more or less wrong (oops) but was considered correct at the time. As a little girl, I'd spend hours getting lost in the black and white illustrations. I was born in 1969, so I think I had the 1965 edition. It's long gone now -- along with the dinosaurs.