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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Natural history & pets > Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world
Bella's new department store is about to open. But will things run
smoothly if she insists on bossing her staff around? Find out in
this picture book version of the popular story from the Dinosaur
Tales series. A QR code on the back cover provides a link to an
audio recording of the story.
MEET DIPPY: Dippy is a Diplodocus (DIP-low-DOCK-us). Dippy was the
first of its kind to go on display anywhere in the world when it
arrived at the Museum more than a hundred years ago. Since then,
Dippy has adventured across the length and breadth of the country.
MEET WATERHOUSE: Waterhouse the Mouse lives in the Museum and
thought he knew about everything within its famous walls. Until one
day he meets a gigantic bony stranger and a big booming voice...
When railroad workers unearthed the fossilised bones of a
Diplodocus in Wyoming, USA in 1899, newspapers billed the discovery
as the 'most colossal animal ever on Earth'. Dippy, a replica of
this famous skeleton, first arrived in London in 1905, and for many
years served as an awe-inspiring welcome for visitors to the
Natural History Museum. This book answers all your questions about
the nation's favourite dinosaur and will delight young readers with
its imaginative illustrations.
Shark fans will quickly become shark experts with this informative,
inventive and entertaining take on an animal book! Do you know all
there is to know about sharks? They're all giant, cold-blooded
creatures that enjoy eating humans, right? Well, this book is here
to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, But don't worry,
even the experts can't be right all the time . . . So, let's
uncover the truth! From terrifying teeth to brilliant brain power,
discover how everything you think you know about sharks is actually
untrue in this in-depth, ingenious book. With fascinating, friendly
and easy-to-understand text written by zoologist Dr. Nick Crumpton
and amazingly detailed colour artwork on every page, this
beautifully produced hardback gift book with an stunning tactile
cover will impress shark fans of any age. Also available in this
series: Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong! and
Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong!
Meet Ginger the Tricarrotops and the mighty Vegesaurs in this
picture book adventure, based on the animated TV series. It's a
quiet morning in Vegesaur Valley, until Ginger and the three baby
Pea-Rexes hear something crying . . . it's a baby Bokchoydactyl
who's got lost! The four friends work together to figure out a way
to teach it to fly back to its mother. Based on the preschool
animated series, Vegesaurs: Baby Bok's Flying Lesson is a funny
picture book that captures all the adventure and humour of the TV
episodes, with themes of friendship, play and healthy eating. Read
the exciting story and then enjoy the extra content, including
character facts and reading tips. Fans of this book will also enjoy
Vegesaurs: Ginger Meets the Pea-Rexes!, another picture book
adventure based on the brilliant TV series.
A fact-packed fun book of dinosaur themed puzzles. Test your
knowledge and get thinking with this fact-packed National
Geographic Kids fun book of dinosaur themed puzzles. T-Rex,
diplodocus, velociraptor, stegosaurus, pterodactyls and more: all
the favourite dinosaurs are here! Inside are brain-tickling quizzes
as well as number games, crosswords and word searches, in various
levels of difficulty and with fascinating facts along the way.
Ideal for age 7 and up.
Meet Ginger the Tricarrotops and the mighty Vegesaurs in this
picture book adventure, based on the animated TV series Ginger the
Tricarrotops is on the run from a herd of hungry Pea-Rexes - but
what happens when three mischievous baby Peas decide they want to
be her friend? Based on the preschool animated series, Vegesaurs:
Ginger Meets the Pea-Rexes! is a funny picture book that captures
all the adventure and humour of the TV episodes, with themes of
friendship, play and healthy eating. Read the exciting story and
then enjoy the extra content, including character facts and reading
tips. Fans of this book will also enjoy Vegesaurs: Baby Bok's
Flying Lesson, another picture book adventure based on the
brilliant TV series.
Dig into the history of life with this children's introduction to
paleontology, complete with an identification section and "how to"
instructions. As incredible as it sounds, fossils are all around
us, waiting to be discovered. Become a young paleontologist. Learn
all about ancient lifeforms preserved in rock. Dan R. Lynch, author
of many Rocks & Minerals field guides, presents a kids'
introduction to fossils. Begin by learning about the early Earth
and the process of fossilization. That's followed by an
identification guide to the most common and collectible fossils:
crinoids, snail shells, shark teeth, and more. With full-color
photographs and illustrations, you'll always know what to look for.
A "how to" section includes the details your family needs to begin
a successful fossil hunt. You'll also get information on everything
from rock shop fossils and rules of collecting to dinosaur fossils
and more. So learn to find, identify, and even collect the
petrified forms of ancient organisms. Whether children see their
first fossil at a museum or find their own fossil seashells, this
easy-to-understand book is a perfect guide for beginners. Inside
You'll Find "How to" section, including details on what to look for
and where to look The basics of paleontology and how fossils formed
Rules about what you can and can't collect Identification guide to
common and collectible invertebrate fossils, such as trilobites, as
well as common rock shop finds
Meet five friendly dinosaurs in this special edition of the much-loved That's not my... book. Babies and toddlers will love touching the textured patches as they meet dinosaurs with fuzzy tails, bumpy teeth and soft spines. The bright pictures and textures to stroke are designed to help develop sensory and language awareness.
Be a dinosaur detective! Look at the fact files about ancient
reptiles such as Moschops, Bradysaurus and Dicynodon and find out
what each one ate, what they weighed and where they lived.
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