Stegosaurus

April 1, 2012

Gr 1-3-Falling well below current standards for dino-profiles, these slapdash productions pair standard-issue descriptive texts with illustrations drawn from various sources and done in a variety of styles. Not only do the pictures, with only occasional exceptions, look washed out, blurry, and over-enlarged, but the closing photos of fossil skeletons are angled to show only unrevealing partial views. Pronunciation guides appear throughout to help with difficult names, and a scale comparison in each volume juxtaposes the height of a five-foot-tall person with that of the featured dinosaur.

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July 1, 2012
Each volume presents up-to-date information on a popular dinosaur species, covering anatomy, habitat and range, and diet, as well as historical information about the scientists involved in fossil discoveries. The full-page color illustrations, which include paintings, computer-generated images, and photographs, vary in quality; the best are the final photos of fossils on display in museums around the world. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

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