Travel back in time to discover the incredible plants and animals of prehistoric Earth. It's the ultimate first dinosaur book for young readers!
From the first living cells to fearsome dinosaurs and giant mammals, this children's book brings your budding palaeontologist face-to-face with these awe-inspiring creatures!
The Prehistoric World Awaits!
Packed with jaw-dropping images, fascinating dinosaur facts and straight-forward explanations, it's the perfect gift for children aged 5 to 8 with a love of prehistoric beasts and dinosaurs.
Inside the pages of this dinosaur encyclopedia from DK Books, you'll discover:
- Large pictures and clear, jargon-free text for curious minds
- A handy, pronunciation guide for each animal or plant
- Visual index arranged chronologically, so species can be found quickly
- Detailed profiles of 50 species with key information and fun facts such as size, time period and location
Little dinosaur lovers will be captivated by the amazing range of prehistoric beasts on display! Detailed artworks bring the past to life, painting a spectacular portrait of the supersized, the scary, and the downright bizarre animals and plants that inhabited Earth in ancient times.
Throughout the pages of this fascinating prehistoric book, you'll discover how the Earth has changed over time, why fossils formed, and the arrival of early humans. A pronunciation guide helps kids with tricky names and encourages early learning and language development. The helpful visual index provides a quick overview of every species in the book.
Learn more about prehistoric animals and plants, their extinction and even the evolution of early humans. Your little one will love reading about famous favourites such as the mighty Tyrannosaurus and the huge Woolly Mammoths! They will also get to know lesser-known organisms, including sail-backed Dimetrodon and aeroplane-sized pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus. These profiles are jargon-free and based on the latest science to take your little one through the evolutionary journey from fossil formation to the ice ages.
Author(s): DK
Publisher: DK Children
Year: 2021
Contents
Where did life come from?
Types of life
Timeline
How has Earth changed?
Fossils
Fossil formation
Plants through time
Araucaria
Williamsonia
Lycophytes
Tempskya
Magnolia
Animals through time
Dickinsonia
Hallucigenia
Paraceraurus
Anomalocaris
Heliophyllum
Encrinus
Eurypterus
Mesolimulus
Scaphites
Cylindroteuthis
Arthropleura
Meganeura
Dunkleosteus
Cephalaspis
Helicoprion
Megalodon
From water to land
Tiktaalik
Metoposaurus
Dimetrodon
Varanus priscus
Ichthyosaurs
Mosasaurus
Zarafasaura
Deinosuchus
Titanoboa
Pterosaurs
What is a dinosaur?
Eodromaeus
Stegosaurus
Velociraptor
Deinocheirus
Iguanodon
Parasaurolophus
Sauropods
Borealopelta
Pachycephalosaurus
Triceratops
Psittacosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Spinosaurus
The asteroid
Archaeopteryx
Phorusrhacos
Megazostrodon
Platybelodon
Ice ages
Megaloceros
Mammuthus
Smilodon
Glyptodon
Canis dirus
Megatherium
Early humans
Extinction
All together
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments