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Dinosaurs in Your Backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!

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This book is a must for young dinosaur fans, especially those who are intrigued by imagining a fossil may be found in their own backyard. It could happen! The highly attractive layout(colors, graphics, sidebars, text) grabs readers to search the pages for every tidbit of information, from tyrannosaurs to sea monsters over Kansas. It ends with a short chapter on `Wipeout!' aka what happened to the dinosaurs. A timeline, pronunciation guide, glossary, index, and more importantly, Where to See Dinosaurs in museums and parks in the U.S. and Canada make this the quintessential book for a personal collection and library or classroom as well.

This book is excellent for starters. My son was interested in the different dinosaurs and their names. He is 11 and has been a dino fan since he was 7 so he's pretty much an expert. The illustrations are beautiful and the text informative.

Brewster, Hugh. Dinosaurs in your backyard: the coolest, scariest creatures ever found in the USA! Illustrated by Alan Barnard. Abrams Books for Young Readers. 2009.

Children will enjoy perusing this book about North American dinosaurs; it opens with an eye-catching double spread of three dinosaur heads filled with sharp scary-looking teeth. This visually attractive presentation describes various types of dinosaurs succinctly; it displays large bold font, short paragraphs of information headed by colored print, and inviting illustrations. Particularly interesting is a map representing North America seventy million years ago that shows the presence of a large inland sea. A chronology, pronunciation guide, glossary, suggestions for additional titles to read, locations to view dinosaur reconstructions, an index and a bibliography are included.

Alan Barnard provides vivid, engaging drawings to accompany this story of American dinosaurs and trackways found on the North American continent. The descriptions of dinosaurs in North America include a glossary, pronunciation guide and bibliography in this vivid presentation highly recommended for American collections seeking easy American-oriented dinosaur overviews.