Dinosaur Combats: Unearth the Secrets Behind Dinosaur Fossils

by Rupert Matthews

Delve into the world of dinosaurs with this fascinating series on the biggest and best dinosaurs around. With individual profiles and little-known facts, discover where they lived, what they did, and who they ate!

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 7, 2008

Reviews

[J. Boo]

Dinosaurs fighting
Are so exciting
There's a lot of biting
And stegosaur tails smiting

But there are also some dubious statements in the book, and even worse, there's this description of the image on page 9:

"A group of hunters squabbles over the carcass of a rhyncosaur. Although Dromaeosaurus could easily catch prey, it would also feed on carrion."

DS#2 (age 5) informed me that this caption was wrong: Rhyncosaurs lived in the Triassic, and Dromaeosaurs in the Cretaceous.

Now, it's possible that the author or his editorial team was playing fast and loose with the illustrations - while we're given the strong impression that one of the dinosaurs arguing over the rhyncosaur's remains is a Dromaeosaurus, it's not explicitly stated. However, though much of the target audience of a book like this can't read, they still should be treated with respect.

DD#2 (age 3) listened intently, but thought it was a bit too violent. "Don't eat my sister", she told a Herrarasaurus munching on an Eoraptor.

[Owen]

It was reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllyyyyy good it had my
favorite dinosaur...it is...Allosaurus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alyn]

My son loves dinosaurs and he really liked this book. He knew most of the dinosaurs in this book and loved seeing new ones. It wasn't a fun read for me though.