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Michael Crichton volume 26
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country, it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop, two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous...
5) Fossils
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
24 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant introduction to the importance of paleontology, which illustrates with fun captions and photographs how fossils show us the ways in which our species and others have evolved over millions of years.
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Language
English
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"Fly with your favorite Angry Birds characters as they travel back in time on a zany search to find their eggs. Kids will be hooked on this wacky mystery as they analyze and observe the wonderful world of dinosaurs as they are building basic skills through fun and fascinating activities"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
117 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating look at dinosaur science covers the last 150 years of dinosaur hunting, and illuminates how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed--and continue to change."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces "living fossils, or modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little over time, while other animals evolved or went extinct?"--Amazon.com.
12) T. rex
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Giant teeth! Crushing bite! Slicing claws! And ... feathers? Scientists have unearthed new knowledge about the king of the dinosaurs, and now you can, too. Travel back in time to the Mesozoic forests to meet the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. Learn how their bodies were perfectly adapted for hunting, how T. rex parents guarded their nests, and just how much meat they could guzzle down in a single bite. Then explore some of the fascinating fossils--including...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the windswept fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast Mary Anning learns that she has "the eye" - she finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton she sets the religious fathers on edge the townspeople to vicious gossip and the scientific world alight. But as a woman Mary is barred from the academic community. Luckily she finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot a recent exile from London.
14) Shark tooth tale
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Series
Language
English
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When the owner of Treasures of Time agrees to hold a fossilized shark's tooth for him for one week, Freddy must think of a way to earn the fifty dollar price.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
58 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Arthur's third-grade class goes hunting for fossils at Rainbow Rock State Park, his friend Buster actually finds one, and instead of turning it in Buster decides to take it home--but he soon regrets his decision.
17) Ravished
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Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of Rendezvous presents a spellbinding new Regency historical destined to be a hot beach read this summer. Moving from the cozy confines of a tiny seaside village to the glittering crush of a fashionable London soiree, Quick offers an enthralling tale of a mismatched couple poised to discover the rapture of love.
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Language
English
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Description
"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her find reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book tells the story of the discovery and life of this new dinosaur. The species is so new it doesn't have an official name at the time of publication. Includes glossary and a dinosaur time period chart.
"Through a combination of photographs and illustrations, this picture book will tell the story of the discovery of this new dinosaur, while weaving in exciting facts about what life was like for this brand new species that doesn't...
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