National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, Second Edition
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK DINOSAUR DICTIONARY SIZES This book is full of information about dinosaurs Here you will learn about all of the elements that make up each page and how they help you learn about these amazing animals This book is divided into four sections Discovering Dinosaurs a collection of spreads that gives general information about dinosaurs Ornithischians and Saurischians two sections that contain profiles of all the best known dinosaurs and the Dino Dictionary a listing of basic facts for hundreds of dinosaurs SMALL up to 15 feet 5 m long BIG 15 to 30 feet 5 to 10 m long DISCOVERING DINOSAURS SECTION WHAT IS A DINOSAUR GIANT 30 to 65 feet 10 to 25 m long GIGANTIC more than 65 feet 25 m long The text provides basic information you need to know to understand the topic being discussed Colorful illustrations help to illuminate the text and bring the information to life Fact bubbles and sidebars add a layer of fun and interesting information to give you a more in depth look at each topic
dinos Colorful illustrations give you an idea of what each profiled dinosaur might have looked like The name of each dinosaur appears clearly at the top of each page and a pronunciation guide helps you sound out each dinosaur name PROFILES SECTIONS HERRERA SAURUS The tabs in the top right hand corner of each profile spread help you navigate through the book Each tab tells you which section you are in and which group a dinosaur belongs to BIG MOUTH BIG MEAL An introduction to each dinosaur appears in the main text Here you will read about everything from how a dinosaur was found to who its worst enemies were Fact bubbles add a layer of information that gives you a closer look at each dinosaur Sometimes pictures are included to illustrate the fact Captions describe each illustration and provide an extra layer of information about habitat eating habits body armor and more Fact boxes provide at a glance information about each dinosaur Each box includes the dinosaur's name and its meaning when it lived which period where it was found fossils that have been discovered and its size measured in length The dinosaur comparison key illustrates how big dinosaurs were compared to a kid four feet six inches 1 4 ml tall DINO DICTIONARY The dinosaur dictionary is arranged alphabetically to make it easy for you to quickly find the dinosaur you are looking for The color coding in each row shows the dinosaur family group For a complete key see p 234 For more information see the dinosaur family tree on pp 22 23 The dinosaurs in the dictionary are not silhouetted individually because often not enough is known about them to create a full body shape To give a sense of their size they have been grouped to correspond to the categories outlined in the chart on p 8 Look for the length of each dinosaur and then refer to the chart on p 8 for a sense of how you might have measured up to the different kinds of
region PART ONE DISCOVERING DINOSAURS SPINOSAURUS AND MANY OTHER ANIMALS roamed the murky rivers that cut through North Africa Alongside Spinosaurus p 144 were fish the size of cars and numerous other aquatic creatures Today this area is North Africa's Sahara
