Dinosaurs roamed the planet millions of years ago, but their gigantic size and fascinating physical features continue to amaze readers of all ages today. Many dinosaurs are known for their sharp claws, which helped them hunt and defend themselves against their prehistoric predators. This volume covers 10 sharp-clawed dinosaurs, presenting the captivating facts about them through clear, age-appropriate language. Readers will delight in the full-color graphic representation of each dinosaur, which encourages them to visualize what they’re learning. A timeline and glossary provide opportunities for additional learning.

Dinosaurs roamed the planet millions of years ago, but their gigantic size and fascinating physical features continue to amaze readers of all ages today. Many dinosaurs are known for their sharp claws, which helped them hunt and defend themselves against their prehistoric predators. This volume covers 10 sharp-clawed dinosaurs, presenting the captivating facts about them through clear, age-appropriate language. Readers will delight in the full-color graphic representation of each dinosaur, which encourages them to visualize what they’re learning. A timeline and glossary provide opportunities for additional learning.

This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way we see the world. Delving into the museum’s storied and colorful past, award-winning author Richard Conniff introduces a cast of bold explorers, roughneck bone hunters, and visionary scientists. Some became famous for wresting Brontosaurus, Triceratops, and other dinosaurs from the earth, others pioneered the introduction of science education in North America, and still others rediscovered the long-buried glory of Machu Picchu. In this lively tale of events, achievements, and scandals from throughout the museum’s history. Readers will encounter renowned paleontologist O. C. Marsh who engaged in ferocious combat with his “Bone Wars” rival Edward Drinker Cope, as well as dozens of other intriguing characters. Nearly 100 color images portray important figures in the Peabody’s history and special objects from the museum’s 13-million-item collections. For anyone with an interest in exploring, understanding, and protecting the natural world, this book will deliver abundant delights.

This classic book explains how dinosaurs fit into the biblical story of creation. Newly revised to reflect recent scientific findings.

Collects three hundred facts about dinosaurs.

Describes how giant carnivorous dinosaurs hunted, as well as how scientists have learned about them through fossil studies.

A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer... So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur. Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.