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Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossils

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I bought this book as a gift for my cousin. Paired with few small fossils, it makes a great gift for any youngster. It doesn't feature EVERY fossil out there, but rather offers a vivid example of major items. It shows a picture of each-DK Books are great for pictures, I highly recommend their travel guide series--along with an artist's reproduction of what the animal may have looked like in life, and pertinent info about each. I would buy it again, and in fact, I wish I had ALL the DK Books, because every one I've ever seen was great.

I gave this book to my 9 year old son for Christmas and he loves it. It is very easy to read and the pictures are extremly interesting and detailed to look at and study. There is a lot of information for him to look through, which means he will be able to read this book over and over again. This book will be a great reference for any upcoming projects or reports he may choose to do for school.

Good resource book. I was able to identify and confirm a couple of pieces, seashells and coral, I thought may be fossils.

DK and the Smithsonian have joined to publish a nice reference. Great pictures with relevant information presented in a concise manner. Smaller profile makes it easy to carry.

This is a fantastic reference book with great pictures and information about lots and lots of fossils. I bought it for my now 6 year-old last Christmas and he carries it around with him constantly -- to school, to his grandparents' house, to daycare... He is well known for teaching the adults all about fossils. My husband has a geology degree so we've taken family vacations that were based on fossil-hunting. This is a great book for all ages!

Only one thing to say for these Smithsonian Books, they sure are cool for the little amount of money that they cost. Oh another thing, buy one!!

The Smithsonian Handbooks collection is quite good on this and similar topics. I've had some exposure to items shown in the book and the photos and descriptions here are quite helpful for me, as a beginner to this topic. I'm particularly interested in the ammonites. Great primer to get you interested in the things you've seen already and many of the other types of fossils you haven't.

This book just provides information on fossils. Specimens are rare for enthusiasts to discover more or study in detail. This is more useful for advance fossil specialists.

The book is really good for easy reference. Easy to search, easy to understand with suffiecient information.

Beautiful glossy pictures and information - not a ton of information, but a nice reference