My Favorite Dinosaurs [Hardcover]

Ruth Ashby (Author), John Sibbick (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2005

Everyone Has A Favorite Dinosaus

What's yours? Are you a fan of the sharp-toothed, meat-eating predators? If so, your favorite may be "Tyrannosaurus rex. Or the sickle-clawed "Deinonychus. Or "T. rex's nasty cousin "Tarbosaurus. Or the horned killer "Ceratosaurus.

Perhaps you prefer the plant-eating giants. If so, your favorite are the armored dinosaur may be the massive "Apatosaurus (formerly called "Brontosaurus). Or the tallest dinosaur "Brachiosaurus.

If your favorites are the armored dinosaurs, you'll find plenty of them here, too, like "Polacanthus, often called a "walking tank." Or you may like "Stegosaurus and its kin. Or you may prefer the duckbilled dinosaurs, like "Parasaurolophus, Lambeosaurus, and "Corythosaurus.

Strange-looking dinosaurs, plant-eaters that walked on two legs as well as four, dinosaurs that had snouts like crocodiles, meat-eating dinosaurs in all sizes and shapes, dinosaurs that looked like birds, dinosaurs that were birds -- all are here for your viewing pleasure.

Learn about dinosaurs you never heard of before. Discover old friends and find new favorites.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3–Sibbick's dramatic, realistic paintings present a "postcard album" of the artist's favorite dinosaurs, depicted in their prehistoric habitats while hunting, browsing, nesting, and rearing young. These superior illustrations are joined by boxes of brief text, providing nomenclature and a few facts about the featured creatures (including Archaeopteryx and Sarchosuchus, which is misleading because they are not dinosaurs), but the paintings are the raison d'être for this colorful compendium. A final section gives name pronunciations and definitions, and a list of weight, length, diet, era, and global distribution. Not as informative as David Lambert's detailed TheUltimate Dinosaur Book (DK, 1993) or Don Lessem's Scholastic Dinosaurs A to Z (Scholastic Reference, 2003), this will still attract visually oriented young dinophiles.–Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
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From Booklist

Gr. 1-3. Sibbick is an acclaimed illustrator of dinosaurs, and, as can be expected, his images are the real stars here. Since the focus is on "favorite" dinosaurs, the approach is rather scattershot, featuring dinosaurs from many periods arranged in no discernable order. Short snippets of brisk, straightforward text explain a little about each dinosaur. Each illustration is rich in detail, and most of the double-page spreads feature the dinosaurs in action, often including scenes of the carnivorous creatures taking bites out of each other. Lush backgrounds and unusual angles add to the sense of immediacy in each of the pictures. Though not the best source for reports, this will be a browsing delight for dinosaur fans. Todd Morning
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Milk & Cookies (April 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689039212
• ISBN-13: 978-0689039218
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,993,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Everyone has a favorite dinosaur! Some like the the sharp-toothed, meat-eating predators. That means Tyrannosaurus rex or the sickle-clawed Deinonychus. Others like the plant-eating giants, the massive Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus) or the towering Brachiosaurus. These are just a few of the specimens in this colorful book illustrated by National Geographic's famous artist John Sibbick. On vibrant two-page spreads, Sibbick shows these formidable creatures in detailed, action-filled paintings in their natural habitsts. The text by Ruth Ashby -- including pronunciations and definitions, weight, length, diet, era, and global distribution -- adds intriguing backstory to these exciting tableaux of old friends and new favorites.