Akron Public Library

Strange and wonderful creatures shared the earth with the dinosaurs. Kronosaurus ruled the seas with teeth as big as bananas and jaws more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex's. Flying Pterodaustro spit water through hundreds of long, thin teeth. Deinosuchus, the giant crocodile, preyed on unlucky dinosaurs. These and other amazing animals are introduced to young readers in easy-to-read text and dynamic illustrations.

"Dinosaurs roamed Earth between 230 million and 65 million years ago. That's not only long before the present day, but also long before Homo sapiens were around at all! Without fossils, we might not know anything about these fierce and interesting prehistoric animals. In this volume, readers learn how fossils form, the different kinds of dinosaur fossils scientists study, and just what we've learned from these cool fossil finds. Up-close photographs...

"Test your chops and discover if you have what it takes to survive at a time when Earth looked, well, a tad different in this ultimate survival guide to the prehistoric age. Find out how to make it through exploding volcanoes and mega monsoons--while dodging giant Permian bugs! See how to fend off an angry pterosaur and learn what to do if you're caught in a stampede of enormous titanosaurs. Discover what you could eat (spoiler alert: You better like...

Provides an introduction to fossils, exploring how they are formed and examines some dinosaur fossils.

"Engaging images accompany information about plesiosaurs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

A guide to dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles provides detailed information on what the members of different species looked like, where and how they lived, how they fought, and how they died.

Describes the physical characteristics of animals that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.

Discusses the physical characteristics of several endangered, extinct, and prehistoric species of reptiles.