Frank Carlson Library

A collection of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, from plant-eating and meat-eating dinosaurs, horned, armored, and spiked dinosaurs to the first bird, an ancient shark, and an armored fish. Features 28 dinosaur and other prehistoric animals including Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus, Dtegosaurus, and many more. Includes fascinating facts and size comparison images. Stunning and colorful artwork bring each dinosaur to life. --Page 4 of cover.

Describes the physical characteristics, known habits, and fossil sites of mammoths, prehistoric animals closely related to the elephant.

"Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--

Finch has trouble paying attention in school. He's just too busy dreaming about uncovering a dinosaur fossil and naming a new species after himself--until he digs up a note in the fifth-grade class garden with the word HELP on it. He is determined to come to the aid of the mystery note-writer. But when the quest turns out to be harder than expected, Finch risks losing two things that he really wants --his best friend Noah, and a field trip to Dinosaur...

Based on the television series "Dinosaur!" Examines the natural history, biology, and controversy that surrounds the Mesozoic period of the dinosaur.

Presents facts about the prehistoric world in which dinosaurs lived, the types of dinosaurs that lived in different time periods, and how dinosaur bones are discovered and studied.

In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered.

Discusses the work of paleontologists who have found dinosaur bones and fossils in Canada, Argentina, and the Gobi Desert.

"Catherine Thimmesh introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to...

This book examines the ever-unfolding stories fossils reveal about the earth on Earth.