Extreme Dinosaurs

by Luis V. Rey

Book Overview

Not all dinosaurs were created equal--some had feathers, others had huge sails made of skin on their backs, some species hunted in packs like wolves or lions and one dinosaur had claws that were over... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811830861
• ISBN13: 9780811830867
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

This book is really Xtreme!

Well,after reading "Dinosaurs!The Biggest,Baddest,Strangest & Fastest" and "Dinosaur Imagery",I`m receiving the third great dinosaur art book,which can almost be classified as a follow-up and companion to "Dinosaurs!". It is mainly written for children in the ages of 10 or something,but I still find it very fascinating as it provides entertaining information on what the dinosaurs may behaviored and looked like.For the first,the dinosaurs of this book are mainly cretaceous,so if you`re a fan of stegosaurs or sauropods,this is nothing for you. But if you like the small theropods,there is no better art book. This book is like a dinosaurian sightseeing guide - it begins with a short introduction,then chapters about American,South American African,and Asian dinosaurs. Each continent has very special ones - in North America,you`ll find T-rex and Utahraptor,in South America we meet the bizarre "buldog" dinosaur Carnotaurus,the fearfull Giganotosaurus and the strange Amargasaurus with a sail on the neck!The asian dinosaurs are perhaps even more bizarre,such as the Therizinosaurus with 3-foot claws,and the dinosaur-bird link Sinsauropteryx. Special attention are given to the feathered dinosaurs,and he puts feathers on nearly all meat-eaters under a tonne!It ends with a short chapter about the most weird & wonderfull dinosaurs,like the most deadly dino ever to live - Deinonychus,which looks more like a stupid turkey than a horror lizard,but is still a perfect predator,with 6-inch claws!And the recently discovered Byronosaurus and the Jurassic Park favorite Velociraptor are also given some attention,especially the picture when the raptors are playing in the snow,which is an image that just feels so moving and uplifting I almost want to move myself! After reading this book,I really had some thoughts about dinosaurs. They may didn`t looked like most people imagine. May be they weren`t so unlike the present animals,but in some way this makes them even more fascinating and wonderfull. The restorations of this book can`t barely be described in words ; you have to see them for yourself to fully know what I mean. I will also base my upcoming dinosaur comic on the look and behavior of these "Extreme Dinosaurs". If you wish to have a dino art book with just one painter,then there is no better than this!So buy it!