Dinosaurs have always captured the imagination like no other animal on Earth, and this encylopaedia aims to recreate their prehistoric lives. Arranged chronologically, it contains information about how we can interprete fossil finds which tell us about many aspects of this distant past. Two sections introduce the reader to the world of the dinosaurs, discussing how life on Earth began and how animals evolved, as well as how we know about the dinosaurs from the work of paleontologists and geologists.

 

This book was recognised in the Junior category by the Aventis Award for Science Books.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 224 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2001 by Pan Macmillan .

David Burnie studied zoology and botany at the University of Bristol, and has worked

This book has the following chapters: Beginning of life; ancient animals; the age of the dinosaurs; plant-eating giants; bird-hipped plant-eaters; the meat-eaters; hunters of the cretaceous; armoured dinosaurs; reptiles in the air; reptiles in the sea; the end of the dinosaurs.