What Happened to the Dinosaurs? For millions of years. dinosaurs roamed our planet. Then suddenly, they all disappeared. What could have caused this great extinction 65 million years ago? With new jacket art by Caldecott medalist Marc Simont, this newly enlarged edition explains the disappearance of the dinosaurs and the techniques scientists use to solve this great mystery.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1992 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Franklyn M. Branley was the originator of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series and the author of close to 150 popular books about scientific topics for young readers of all ages. He was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium. Michael Rex learned to draw in Chatham, New Jersey, and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Who Digs? and Who Builds? are his first two books with HarperCollins. Mr. Rex lives in Brooklyn, New York. Marc Simont has illustrated children's books since 1939. He won the Caldecott Medal for 'A Tree is Nice'. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut, with his wife, Sara.