National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs
CONTENTS How to Use This took SMALL DINOSAURS 8 BIG DINOSAURS 40 N
GIANT DINOSAURS 72 A NS Parent Tips GIGANTIC DINOSAURS 102 20 Dinosaur Map 122 Glossary 124 Index 126
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK GIANT inosaurs lived on Earth a very long time ago before there were any people AMARGASAURUS HAD A NECK SAIL SMALL TO GIGANTIC Dinosaurs came in all sizes In this book you will find out about 52 small big giant and gigantic dinosaurs Some were small enough to hold in your hands Others were bigger than elephants and taller than houses This Amargasaurus may have used its LONG TAIL like a WHIP to dinosaur s long neck and back were decorated with what looked like a sail Stiff spines held up Amargasaurus's sail PROTECT itself from attackers FACTS WHEN IT for sure why Amargasaurus had the big sail EDIt might have scared away enemies Or it may have helped keep the big animal cool STZ No one ki DINO FACTS In each section look for a drawing that shows the shape and size of the dinosaur Next to the dinosaur drawing you will see the figure of a kid who is four feet six inches tall about the height of a ten year old That drawing will help you imagine how big that dinosaur was In the same box you'll see when WHAT WE KNOW NOW the dinosaur lived and The text for each dinosaur uses information from what food it ate scientists who study dinosaurs These scientists are called paleontologists This book tells you what paleontologists think now Some information might change as scientists learn more about dinosaurs SAY MY NAME uh MARG uh SORE us 84
DINO ART Because dinosaurs lived so long ago before there were humans there are no photographs of them So an artist I drew the dinosaurs you see in this book The art shows what paleontologists think each dinosaur looked like Some of the SPINES on the rgasaurus were as TALL AS A TEN YEAR OLD FOR PARENTS In the back of the book you will find parent tips for dinosaur games and activities Also a world map shows where the fossils of the dinosaurs in this book were found And finally a glossary defines words found in the book Dig in for a lot more about amazing dinosaurs RTIN How many dinosaurs do you see in the picture 85 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE This line tells you how to sound out the dinosaur s
