Books with author Dougal Dixon

What was the biggest dinosaur? When were dinosaurs alive? Which dinosaur had a spiky back? Dinosaurs answers all these questions and many more.Simple, easy-to-understand text combines with vivid CG illustrations in this brilliant introduction to the world of dinosaurs.Perfect for reluctant readers, this addition to the My Little Book of . . . series holds children’s interest and encourages them to find out all about the biggest creatures that ever walked the earth.

These early dinosaurs inhabited a world that would have been unrecognizable to Tyrannosaurus and other dinosaurs of the Cretaceous era. It existed roughly 206 to 144 million years ago. Prehistoric World Books combine dramatic, scientifically accurate color illustrations with a wealth of factual details based on archaeological findings to give young readers a vivid picture of the exotic succession of animals that inhabited the Earth in the prehistoric era. Dating back to perhaps 300 million years ago, with the earliest-known life forms, the six titles in this series carry the history of animal life forward to man-like creatures such as homo erectus, and finally to prehistoric homo sapiens, or human beings like ourselves, whose origins date back an estimated 200,000 years. Individual species are presented on two-page spreads that show large illustrations of the animal when it was alive, photos of reconstructed fossil skeletons, and a list of descriptive factual details. These books are great sources for elementary school class projects, or simply for fun reading.

The earliest-known animal forms on Earth, trilobites lived mainly in shallow water. They are ancestors to modern crustaceans and insects, and after many eons became extinct roughly 245 million years ago. Prehistoric World Books combine dramatic, scientifically accurate color illustrations with a wealth of factual details based on archaeological findings to give young readers a vivid picture of the exotic succession of animals that inhabited the Earth in the prehistoric era. Dating back to perhaps 300 million years ago, with the earliest-known life forms, the six titles in this series carry the history of animal life forward to man-like creatures such as homo erectus, and finally to prehistoric homo sapiens, or human beings like ourselves, whose origins date back an estimated 200,000 years. Individual species are presented on two-page spreads that show large illustrations of the animal when it was alive, photos of reconstructed fossil skeletons, and a list of descriptive factual details. These books are great sources for elementary school class projects, or simply for fun reading.

To keep up with the fast pace of dinosaur research, this popular volume has been fully updated with stunning new illustrations. Since the publication of the second edition nine years ago, at least 120 new finds have been made. The third edition features 38 dinosaurs, including T. rex and other favorites—plus 12 of the most exciting and important discoveries of the past decade, such as Guanlong, a 10-foot-long feathered meat eater from China; Falcarius, a fuzzy plant eater from Utah; and Agustinia, a plant eater with a series of strange plates and spikes running down its back. Throughout the book, new illustrations update the science of the previous edition. Young readers' perennial questions about how fossils were formed are answered through a groundbreaking illustration approach never before seen in a juvenile book. A strange and exciting journey back in time to the amazing Age of Dinosaurs.

From the earliest hunters and fish eaters to the Jurassic giants, this information-packed reference takes young fans on a fabulous visual tour of hundreds of kinds of dinosaurs. The fascination of these strange creatures is evoked in descriptions of where they lived, what they ate, how they cared for their young, and how they met their often violent deaths. Scientific theories about the ultimate extinction of dinosaurs are also presented, as are notes on archeology and paleontology that describe the earliest excavation of bones in the 19th century and the high-tech fossil digs going on today.

This was the age of early amphibians and reptiles, lasting roughly from 248 to 206 million years ago. Prehistoric World Books combine dramatic, scientifically accurate color illustrations with a wealth of factual details based on archaeological findings to give young readers a vivid picture of the exotic succession of animals that inhabited the Earth in the prehistoric era. Dating back to perhaps 300 million years ago, with the earliest-known life forms, the six titles in this series carry the history of animal life forward to man-like creatures such as homo erectus, and finally to prehistoric homo sapiens, or human beings like ourselves, whose origins date back an estimated 200,000 years. Individual species are presented on two-page spreads that show large illustrations of the animal when it was alive, photos of reconstructed fossil skeletons, and a list of descriptive factual details. These books are great sources for elementary school class projects, or simply for fun reading.

Starting with the first dinosaurs that walked the earth over 225 million years ago, and ending with the last dinosaurs about 65 million years ago, Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs is the fifth title in the highly successful Everything You Need to Know series. Arranged into five chronological chapters―The First Dinosaurs, A World of Dinosaurs, The Time of the Giants, Cretaceous Dinosaurs, and The Last Dinosaurs―this encyclopedic volume is perfect for young dinosaur enthusiasts. With over 1000 full-color illustrations, numerous activities, things to find, and Internet links throughout, this book will spur learning way beyond its pages.

Dougal Dixon, author of the critically acclaimed Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs, brings young readers the fiercest, the tallest, the toughest, and the smallest of the known dinosaurs in the most up-to-date dinosaur book currently available. Young dinosaur enthusiasts will learn about the restless life of hungry meat-eaters and the perilous life of the plant eaters. They will discover how paleontologists gathered the fossils and what they can learn from the contents of a dinosaur's stomach. Dougal Dixon inspires the paleontologist in all children with full-color illustrations and diagrams mixed with bite-sized pieces of information. Basic facts accompany each dinosaur, including size, weight, favorite food, and the pronunciation of the name. Dougal Dixon's Amazing Dinosaurs encourages children to visualize the Age of Dinosaurs, while exploring basic theories and facts.