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Description
There are many books that will show you what dinosaurs looked like and how they behaved. But this is the only simple book that will tell you how dinosaurs got to be the way they were. Why did some dinosaurs grow to be the biggest animals that have ever lived on land? Why did some dinosaurs walk on two legs and others on four? Why were some dinosaurs covered from head to tail with heavy armor? Why did T. Rex have a mouth that could swallow five hundred pounds in a single bite? This book tells the fascinating story of a great arms race that began with some of the earliest creatures on earth--a race for survival that actually forced dinosaurs (and other animals) to get bigger, to run faster, to develop elaborate suits of armor or to have some of the most dangerous teeth to ever exist on earth.
About
the Author and Artist
This book is illustrated with some of the finest dinosaur art ever published, painted by John Sibbick, the premier dinosaur artist in the world. The design and text were created by John Bonnett Wexo, who created Zoobooks, the best-selling series of animal books in history.
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Fascinating book shows young readers how dinosaurs came to be
There are many books that show you what dinosaurs looked like and how they behaved, but “Where Did Dinosaurs Come From” by Zoobooks creator John Bonnett Wexo is the only simple book that will tell you how dinosaurs got to be the way they were.
For example, why did some dinosaurs grow to be the biggest animals that have ever lived on land? Why did some dinosaurs walk on two legs and others on four legs? Why were some dinosaurs covered from head to tail with heavy armor? Why did T. Rex have a mouth that could swallow 500 pounds in a single bite?
“Where Did Dinosaurs Come From” answers those questions and hundreds of others by telling the fascinating story of a great “arms race” that began with some of the earliest creatures on earth—a race for survival that actually forced dinosaurs (and other animals) to get bigger, to run faster, to develop elaborate suits of armor, and to have some of the most dangerous teeth to ever exist on earth.
The book is easy to read and loaded with eye-popping paintings by John Sibbick, the premier dinosaur artist in the world. The vivid but realistic colors, the intricately imagined shapes and textures, and the dramatic poses make the illustrations some of the finest dinosaur art ever published.
John Wexo is widely known as the creator and author of Zoobooks, the phenomenally best-selling series of children’s natural history books. To date, more than 140 million copies of Zoobooks have been distributed in the United States and around the world. To write this book, Wexo spent years conferring with paleontologists and studying the latest scientific research.
“Where Did Dinosaurs Come From” (Riverbend Publishing) is a large-sized, 32-page hardcover that sells for $12.95. It is especially recommended for 9-12 year olds.
Reviews
Written by John Bonnet Wexo and superbly illustrated with dinosaur art by John Sibbick, "Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?" is the latest in the wildly popular Zoobooks series about animals created by John Bonnet Wexo. It poses and answers some of the toughest classic questions about the existence and extinction of dinosaurs. Among these are "Where did dinosaurs get 'suits' of armor? Why Could dinosaurs run so fast? Where did dinosaurs get such strong teeth? Why did dinosaurs get so big?" Answers to these questions and many more can be found in the colorfully illustrated chapters of "Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?" Incredible detail is present in the wonderful illustrations, dinosaur art by John Sibbick. Further explanations abound in the fast moving text. "Where Did Dinosaurs Come From?" will appeal to ages 8 and older.
-Midwest Book Review
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