The Story of the Dinosaurs

About this book

Encounter life on Earth millions of years ago with The Story of the Dinosaurs. Packed with bite-size facts it explains what the world looked like and how it changed, which incredible creatures, plants and animals lived there, who survived to live another day, and how scientists know all this.

Each colourful double-page spread explores a different dinosaur subject, from a particular period of time or group of animals to dinosaur diets and the study of fossils. Meet the world's first known bird and the deadly animal that may have terrified the terrible T. rex and find out why all the dinosaurs disappeared and what survived after they were gone.

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