Killer dinosaurs

Title:

Killer dinosaurs

Author:

Miles, Liz.

ISBN:

9781445141565

Personal Author:

Miles, Liz.

Physical Description:

32 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm.

Series:

Dangerous dinosaurs

Dangerous dinosaurs.

Contents:

Ultimate predators -- Tyrant lizard -- Ravenous giant -- Utahraptor: vicious pack hunter -- Sickle-clawed runners -- Carnotaurus: flesh-eating bull -- Troodon: night tracker -- Terrifying teeth -- Baryonyx: fish hunter -- Packs and families -- Savage killers or just scavengers?

Abstract:

Carnivorous dinosaurs, both big and small, had a range of ways to capture, kill and eat their prey. From the monstrous Tyrannosaurus rex with its terrifying array of teeth and powerful bite, to the super-fast two-legged dinosaurs and those with huge sickle-shaped claws. Discover what made killer dinosaurs such successful hunters. From their early evolution to eventual extinction, these books span the prehistoric era where dinosaurs ruled the world. From the biggest to the smallest, the hunting and defence strategies they use and the amazing variety of body, shapes, sizes and features that make these amazing creatures so unique to our history. Find out all about their dangerous world...if you dare!

Subject Term:

Dinosaurs.

Predatory animals, Fossil.

Carnivorous animals, Fossil.

Format:

Books

Document ID:

SD_ILS:1512190

Availability:

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Library	Shelf Number	Material Type	Status
Searching... Umbilo Library	J 567.912 MILE	Juvenile Non-Fiction	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Carnivorous dinosaurs, both big and small, had a range of ways to capture, kill and eat their prey. From the monstrous Tyrannosaurus rex with its terrifying array of teeth and powerful bite, to the super-fast two-legged dinosaurs and those with huge sickle-shaped claws. Discover what made killer dinosaurs such successful hunters.
From their early evolution to eventual extinction, these books span the prehistoric era where dinosaurs ruled the world. From the biggest to the smallest, the hunting and defence strategies they use and the amazing variety of body, shapes, sizes and features that make these amazing creatures so unique to our history. Find out all about their dangerous world...if you dare!

Six books in the series each focus on one particular aspect of dinosaur life and characteristics. For dino-mad kids everywhere aged 8-12.

Author Notes

Liz Miles is an experienced author of non-fiction and fiction. She has over 70 published titles, and writes overlooking the River Colne in Wivenhoe. Her fascination with prehistory began as a child when she picked up her first fossil on the Jurassic Coast.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-6-Visual excitement abounds in this unusual approach to nonfiction. Facts are conveyed through a fantasy journey into prehistoric times. Readers, who are addressed in the second person ("You are about to parachute from a plane down to a secret island-an island full of huge prehistoric monsters."), encounter a multitude of fascinating creatures, described in short bursts of text augmented by text boxes of statistics and a chart on the closing pages that will make clear to students that the featured creatures existed millions of year apart and are now extinct. Characterized more by breadth than depth, the books would be only marginally useful for research. Nonetheless, their adventure-packed, imagination-encouraging framework and realistic, colorful illustrations will pique interest, and the thorough list of further readings and websites encourages additional investigation. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.