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A fascinating prehistoric creature, the flightless terror bird in ancient South America was a formidable hunter. Thomson's succinct and age-appropriate text explains how terror birds lived, hunted, and how they might have died out. The scientifically accurate illustrations will appeal to young natur...

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Main Author: Thomson, Sarah L.
Other Authors: Plant, Andrew
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, Ã2013.
Series:Thomson, Sarah L. Ancient animals.
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Phorusrhacidae > Juvenile nonfiction.
Prehistoric animals > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:A fascinating prehistoric creature, the flightless terror bird in ancient South America was a formidable hunter. Thomson's succinct and age-appropriate text explains how terror birds lived, hunted, and how they might have died out. The scientifically accurate illustrations will appeal to young naturalists and budding paleontologists.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781580893985
1580893988
9781580893992
1580893996
9781607346104
1607346109
Author Notes:Sarah L. Thomson attended college in Oberlin, Ohio. After graduation, she moved to New York and worked in publishing. She eventually became a senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. She became a full-time author shortly after her first book, The Dragon's Son, was published. Her works include Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said.

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