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English
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With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Bob Barner shakes the dust off the dinosaur bones found in museums and reminds us that they once belonged to living, breathing creatures. Filled with fun dinosaur facts (a T. Rex skull can weigh up to 750 pounds!) and an informational "Dinometer," Dinosaur Bones is sure to make young dinosaur enthusiasts roar with delight.
3) Dinosaur
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Series
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English
Description
Text and photographs explore the world of the dinosaurs, focusing on such aspects as their teeth, feet, eggs, and fossils. From cover to cover, this openly invites the reader to discover the delights of dinosaurs. The visual appeal is impressive. The text is informative. Fossilization, skeleton reconstruction, and a superb time scale round out a stunning and compelling book. Complete, authoritative, exact, and imaginative, it is sure to survive when...
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English
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"When the largest, most complete fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever found is discovered in Wyoming's Absaroka County, it appears to have nothing to do with Sheriff Walt Longmire--that is, until the Cheyenne rancher who claims her is found face down in a turtle pond. As a number of parties dispute the ownership of the priceless remains, Walt and his team will have to investigate a sixty-six-million year-old cold case that's heating up fast"--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
Presents information on how and where to find fossils, the preparation and tools needed for collecting them, and how to identify the various kinds: plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate
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English
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The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
239 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This comprehensive dinosaur encyclopedia introduces the four main categories of dinosaurs (carnivores, herbivores, pterosaurs, and aquatic) and provides detailed descriptions of the key species from each group. Beautiful illustrations are accompanied by a detailed overview, statistics, fascinating facts, and infographics for each dinosaur. The book also features the extinction of dinosaurs as well as the causes and a clear timeline showing when each...
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Language
English
Description
When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally.
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English
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"Fully revised and updated, this book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Oregon, with valuable tips on what tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you've found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided"--
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Series
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at animals that existed in prehistoric times and still exist today and suggests how these creatures managed to survive while other animals are now extinct.
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
33 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones
Author
Series
Daily Bark volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
115 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bob, the stationmaster's dog at Puddle Train Station and travel correspondent for the Daily Bark, gets the scoop of a lifetime when he unearths a Dinosaur Skeleton.
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Series
Publisher
Dorling Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
208 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Rock and Gem Book is packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This children's encyclopedia displays more than 1,200 full-color specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the unique qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science. Including precious metals, rare fossils, tiny gemstones and giant shells, the Rock and Gem Book gives...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Martin introduces readers to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils -- such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior -- and how through these remarkable clues, help scientists explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era.--
16) Fossil
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Series
Language
English
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Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Fossil explores the creatures and plants that lived long ago. Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils. Children will be mesmerized by the bones, teeth, and plants from long ago that have all been turned to rock. This beautifully illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how paleontologists...
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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learning about paleontology and fossil hunting under renowned scientist Dr. Iris Prez while attending summer camp in Colorado, the Aldens investigate an outbreak of strange events that local superstition attributes to a bigfoot creature roaming the valley.
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
336 pages
Language
English
Description
"Nothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty of a vanished earth. But as much as one might daydream of digging a hole in the backyard and finding a Tyrannosaurus, only a few places contain these buried treasures, and when a scientist comes across a remnant of prehistoric...
19) Fossils
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Series
Language
English
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Describes the processes of fossilization and evolution and demonstrates how fossils can tell us about our past and the changes in Earth's composition
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