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Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel back to prehistoic times to get to know the fascinating creatures, the dinosaurs. From groundbreaking discoveries involving the T. rex to the intriguing possibility of dinosaurs returning to life. Follow the excavation and research of a new species of Therizinosaur, the most primitive member of a bizarre group of feathered dinosaurs. Using state-of-the-art computer animation, live-action backgrounds and the latest scientific finds.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This unique dinosaur title will take readers to the continent of North America to discover some rock formations that held important dinosaur discoveries. Readers will learn about each dinosaur, from when it lived to what it ate, and other cool facts! Complete with great photographs and page explaining the different dino groups!"--Amazon.com
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In their long journey from San Francisco to Lusk, Wyoming, in 1889, David (Siu-Long) Wong and his parents have encountered terrible prejudice because they are Chinese immigrants; but here they are given a job at John Bell Hatcher's paleontological excavation digging up dinosaur bones, including an eight-foot long Triceratops skull, and David becomes fascinated by dinosaurs and resolves to become a paleontologist. Includes historical note on J.B. Hatcher....
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Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book tells the story of the discovery and life of this new dinosaur. The species is so new it doesn't have an official name at the time of publication. Includes glossary and a dinosaur time period chart.
"Through a combination of photographs and illustrations, this picture book will tell the story of the discovery of this new dinosaur, while weaving in exciting facts about what life was like for this brand new species that doesn't...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Baby dinosaur bones in a fossil shop led Jack Horner on a hunt that would change our understanding of dinosaurs. Soon, he was digging through mounds of mudstone nests on a search to uncover the truth about duck-billed dinos. Follow along on the graphic adventure based on a true story to discover the nesting site of the Maiasaura. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about the creatures that lived alongside Maiasaura and discover even more...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Paleontologist Susan Hendrickson was excited when she found a few Tyrannosaurus Rex bones in South Dakota's Badlands. But after she and her team dug deeper, Susan realized she had discovered the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever found! The team named it Sue. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story to discover the fossils from this giant dinosaur. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about the creatures that...
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lily Highfill has spent eight years in Colorado, exiled from her wealthy, high-society Boston family. With a long-awaited invitation to return home finally in hand, she's doing all she can to secure her betrothal to a charming and cultured gentleman. But with just a few weeks left at her grandfather's fossil expedition, a rugged and handsome stranger rides in on horseback, stirring up trouble . . . and excavating a place for himself in her heart....
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fossils are our key to the far past. Remains or even just traces of life from earlier eras have allowed us to reconstruct various times and places far different from our modern period. The most famous, perhaps, are those fossils that dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures left behind. In this high-interest volume, readers will gain an understanding of different kinds of fossils as well as how scientists locate and uncover them."--
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Paleontologist Luis Chiappe was searching under the hot sun in Patagonia for fossils of ancient birds when he and his team stumbled upon something even more incredible-eggshells. They found the old nesting site of something far bigger than birds. Follow along on the graphic adventure based on a true story to discover eggs from the titanosaur, the biggest dinosaur ever discovered. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about the creatures who...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 cm : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Paleontologist Philip Currie was on a difficult dig, following incomplete clues to find fossils. But Philip knew he needed to discover these bones in the badlands if he was going to convince the scientific community about his theory on the life of carnivorous dinosaurs. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story to discover Albertosaurus fossils and uncover the mystery they tell. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes-eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else's lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery....
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