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Webster, Donovan. "A Dinosaur Named Sue." Pages 46-59, June 1999.
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Ackerman, Jennifer. "Dinosaurs Take Wing." Pages 74-99, July 1998.
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Webster, Donovan. "Dinosaurs of the Gobi: Unearthing a Fossil Trove." Pages 70-89, July 1996.
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Sereno, Paul C. "Africa's Dinosaur Castaways." Pages 107-109, June 1996.
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Currie, Phillip J. "The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt." Pages 96-111, May 1996.
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Additional Resources
Ages 3 and Up
Dodson, Peter. An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. Scholastic, 1995.
Illustrations and text present information on the physical appearance and eating habits of 26 dinosaurs.
Lessem, Don. Bigger Than T. Rex: The Discovery of Gigantosaurus: The Biggest Meat-eating Dinosaur Ever Found. Crown Publishers, 1997.
Lessem describes the discovery and reconstruction, in Patagonia, of the fossil remains of the largest carnivorous dinosaur yet known.
Most, Bernard. How Big Were the Dinosaurs? Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994.
Most describes the size of different dinosaurs by comparing them to familiar objects such as a school bus, a trombone, or a bowling alley.
Ages 8 and Up
Lessem, Don. Dinosaur Worlds: New Dinosaurs, New Discoveries. Boyds Mills Press, 1996.
Reconstructions of 16 prehistoric habitats and examinations of fossil evidence place dinosaurs in their ecological roles and tell the story of the dinosaurs' rise and fall.
Lindsay, William. Prehistoric Life. Knopf, 1994.
Lindsay explores the origins of life on Earth by studying the fossils of the past, from the early plants and animals through the age of dinosaurs and the coming of humans.
Ages 11 and Up
Desonie, Dana. Cosmic Collisions. Henry Holt, 1996.
Desonie discusses the possibility of Earth's being hit by an asteroid or comet, looks at the history of such crashes, discusses whether a cosmic collision wiped out the dinosaurs, and studies the recent impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter in 1994.
Lambert, David, The Ultimate Dinosaur Book. Dorling Kindersley, 1993.
Lambert discusses origins, ancestors, and descendants; Triassic world, Jurassic world, and Cretaceous world; anatomy, life, and behavior; extinction theories, fossilization, and dinosaur excavation—plus profiles of all major groups of dinosaurs, a pronunciation guide, and the meaning of dinosaur names.
Ages 14 and Up
Strain, Mac B. The Earth's Shifting Axis: Clues to Nature's Most Perplexing Mysteries. ATL Press, 1997.
Strain discusses the evidence that surges in the Earth's axis are responsible for such phenomena as the dinosaurs' disappearance, volcanoes, magnetic pole reversals, earthquakes, asteroid and comet strikes, and much more.
Taquet, Philippe. Dinosaur Impressions: Postcards from a Paleontologist. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
This book chronicles the experiences that French paleontologist Philippe Taquet had while traveling around the world searching for dinosaur bones.
General
Halls, Kelly Milner. Dino-Trekking: The Ultimate Dinosaur Lover's Travel Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 1986.
Lambert, David. The Ultimate Dinosaur Book. DK Publishing, 1993.
The Visual Dictionary of Dinosaurs. DK Publishing, 1993.
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