Dinosaurs!: 2 (Explorer) - Hardcover

Forshaw, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0995577056 ISBN 13: 9780995577053

Publisher: What on Earth Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Dig deep into the fascinating world of dinosaurs with the first book in the What on Earth? Explorer series, complete with a six-foot-long fold-out timeline. Join explorer Agent Eagle as he explores these amazing creatures - from the earliest dinosaur fossil discoveries, to the relationship between birds and dinosaurs. Discover the history of the dinosaur, in each major era, emphasizing how dinosaur bodies and diets adapted over time. Learn about the best places to find fossils, who are the great dinosaur explorers and scientists, and ultimately, what killed off the dinosaurs. A quiz, name game, and glossary lead you to the book's biggest feature - a fold-out timeline featuring 100 of the most incredible dinosaurs that ever lived - from their first appearance 230 million years ago, to their current living descendants. Full of facts and bursting with illustrations, Explorer: Dinosaurs! Is a unique book for any dinosaur buff.

Explorer: Dinosaurs won a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award and was a finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards Young Adult Non-Fiction category.

About this title

Review:

"In this engaging launch to a series of books with fold-out timelines, Eric Eagle, senior librarian of the Eagle-Eyed Explorer Club, is tasked with taking an expedition into prehistory to explore and document dinosaur life. Forshaw, who has illustrated other What on Earth titles, works in an accessible style that blends naturalistic and cartoony details. Clad in classic explorer's attire, Eagle is whisked back in time where dinosaurs roam. Chapters focus on dinosaur identification, diversity, and extinction. Featured are Eagle's "Explorer Notes," made to resemble perforated notebook pages, and which feature his identifications of various dinosaurs, as well as insights into topics such as adaptation, dinosaur eggs, and profiles of dinosaur excavators throughout history. The six-foot-long timeline chronicles dinosaur life from the Triassic Period through our current Cenozoic Era. A strong choice for visual learners and information-seekers. Also available: Explorer: Bugs! Ages 7-11." - Publishers Weekly

"An exciting purchase for libraries looking for high-interest nonfiction that covers both dinosaurs and career interests." - School Library Journal

"An excellent resource for dino-dedicated kids, this new title in What on Earth Publishing's fold-out timeline series explores the history of dinosaurs, from their emergence in the Triassic period 240 million years ago through their eventual extinction...A worthwhile, informative, and fun resource for young students and anyone intrigued by these mind-boggling creatures that once roamed this planet." - Parent's Choice Awards Silver Honor

"This is a great book and it would make a great birthday or Christmas gift and it would be great as a book to use in schools when covering dinosaurs." - The Inspirational Edit

From a review of Bugs! "It simply sings to info-philes and visual learners alike. With parallel timelines for all continents, developments on land, sky and sea, more than a thousand illustrations, it is a superlative mastery of design and research, a treat to eye and brain alike."

About the Author:

Andy Forshaw graduated with a BA in graphic design and illustration from London's Central St. Martins College. In 2010, Andy and Christopher teamed up to found What on Earth Publishing with a view to establishing new ways of making big history accessible to all ages. Andy has since individually created more than 5,000 illustrations that are featured in the range  of What on Earth? Timelines. When not illustrating, Andy can be found exploring the countryside on his bike.

About this edition

• Publisher: What on Earth Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0995577056
• ISBN 13: 9780995577053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 46
• Illustrator: Forshaw Andy