Categorizes and describes dinosaurs based on their eating habits, physical characteristics, and habitats, along with sections about their predecessors and possible reasons for their extinction.

Categorizes and describes dinosaurs based on their eating habits, physical characteristics, and habitats, along with sections about their predecessors and possible reasons for their extinction.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 An Orbis Picture Recommended Title “An outstanding case study in how science is actually done: funny, nuanced, and perceptive.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Join early scientists as they piece together one of humanity’s greatest puzzles—the fossilized bones of the first dinosaur! Dinosaurs existed. That’s a fact we accept today. But not so long ago, the concept that these giant creatures could have roamed Earth millions of years before humans was unfathomable. People thought what we know as dinosaur bones were the bones of giant humans. Of large elephants. Of angels, even. So, how did we get from angel wings to the T-Rex? The First Dinosaur tells the story of the idea of dinosaurs, and the chain of fossil discoveries and advances in science that led to that idea. Be prepared to meet eccentric men and overlooked women who uncovered the pieces to a puzzle so much bigger than themselves, a puzzle far stranger and more spectacular than they could have ever imagined.

Discovery Rumble with the Dinosaurs! is filled with 10 dinosaur sounds for your little one to discover new sounds.

Text, images, and textured pages introduce dinosaurs and their physical attributes.

Thirty different dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures march or fly their way across the pages of this tabbed board book that introduces preschoolers to the magnificent creatures that once ruled the Earth! Dive into the prehistoric world with Tyrannosaurus rex, Plateosaurus, Stegosaurus, and more of the coolest dinosaurs that ever lived! Smithsonian: My First Book of Dinosaurs features thirty different dinosaurs and includes fascinating facts about when they lived, what they ate, and much more! The simple text and accompanying striking images of dinosaurs in action, along with tabs perfectly sized for little hands, will delight preschoolers for hours!