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Life-Size Dinosaurs
Gargantuan creatures deserve a truly mammoth book.
With amazingly huge, life-size pictures, plus 7 gigantic gatefolds, this spectacular guide will practically transport readers back to the time of the dinosaurs.
It’s astounding: for the first time, pictures convey the actual, awesome bulk and bigness of the large dinosaurs and present intricately detailed views of the smaller species, too. Just open up the three 8-page-long gatefolds and the four 6-page ones to see what these vanished creatures looked like close-up. Life-size illustrations virtually take you into the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s drooling mouth, with its sharp teeth ready to rip up prey. Kids will love looking at the immense and thick skull of the bone-headed Pachycephalosaurus, with its bumps, ridges, and horns. The knife-like claws of the Therizinosaurus are so realistic you just might step back in fear. In addition to the breathtaking illustrations, there’s plenty of fascinating background about the different dinosaur types, their shared world, their way of chatting and battling, and their fight for survival. And as an extra treat: take off the jacket, flip it over, and there’s a big poster of a giant dinosaur on the reverse side.
With amazingly huge, life-size pictures, plus 7 gigantic gatefolds, this spectacular guide will practically transport readers back to the time of the dinosaurs.
It’s astounding: for the first time, pictures convey the actual, awesome bulk and bigness of the large dinosaurs and present intricately detailed views of the smaller species, too. Just open up the three 8-page-long gatefolds and the four 6-page ones to see what these vanished creatures looked like close-up. Life-size illustrations virtually take you into the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s drooling mouth, with its sharp teeth ready to rip up prey. Kids will love looking at the immense and thick skull of the bone-headed Pachycephalosaurus, with its bumps, ridges, and horns. The knife-like claws of the Therizinosaurus are so realistic you just might step back in fear. In addition to the breathtaking illustrations, there’s plenty of fascinating background about the different dinosaur types, their shared world, their way of chatting and battling, and their fight for survival. And as an extra treat: take off the jacket, flip it over, and there’s a big poster of a giant dinosaur on the reverse side.
28 pages, Hardcover
First published August 19, 2004
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September 22, 2018
" Raphy was very interested in this scientific book. He's the one who chose it from the school library and wanted to keep it for 2 weeks.
He learned many facts about dinosaurs and repeated many of them:
- Plant/meat-eater dinosaurs.
- Different types of fossils; bones, prints, gastrolites and wastes.
- Possible reasons for extinction. He even suggested his own reasons: " May be it stopped raining" . "
MUM
He learned many facts about dinosaurs and repeated many of them:
- Plant/meat-eater dinosaurs.
- Different types of fossils; bones, prints, gastrolites and wastes.
- Possible reasons for extinction. He even suggested his own reasons: " May be it stopped raining" . "
MUM
December 3, 2013
great information about dinosaurs, with amazing drawings
October 2, 2011
Great life-size pictures of dinosaurs.
December 3, 2012
This book is too scary for little kids.
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May 1, 2014Recommended summer reading by first grade.
January 29, 2016
G 5yrs: "I liked when the dinosaur was chewing some meat. It was about dinosaurs and learning about dinosaurs. And I liked the dinosaurs words."
August 26, 2011
Fun for kids.
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