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Children's and Teen: 9 - 11 years old


Cover art for ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
by Robert Sabuda, illustrated by Matthew Reinhart

"The topic will make this a crowd pleaser, but not even rabid dino or Sabuda fans are likely to pay it more than a single visit. (Nonfiction pop-up. 5-10)"
From capering Eoraptor, "the tiny terror of the early Triassic" to a ravening T. rex lunging up at viewers as its spread opens, this gallery of dinosaurs will elicit the "Ooooohs" of admiration that Sabuda's work always does, though it's not up to his usual standard, either visually or in paper design. Read full book review >
Cover art for DINOSAUR ENCORE
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 30, 1993
by Patricia Mullins, illustrated by Patricia Mullins

"A pleasure to read, alone or aloud. (Nonfiction/Picture book. 5-10)"
 In tissue collages bursting with movement and merry color, nine dinosaurs are compared to still-extant animals. ``Which dinosaurs would thunder louder than a wild stampede? Read full book review >
Cover art for DINOSAUR VALLEY
CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 1, 1992

"Glossary, including names of dinosaurs mentioned. (Nonfiction. 6-10)"
 Translated from the Japanese, a day in the late Cretaceous life of an Orodromeus—a relatively small dinosaur—and her newly hatched ``chicks.'' Broad double spreads in simple blues, greens, and browns depict encounters with many other species—plants, birds, insects, and larger reptiles—but though there's a battle between two Pachycephalosaurs, there's no bloodshed; the Orodromeus chicks succeed in hiding from the many predators shown. Read full book review >