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Who discovers dinosaurs? What happens to a dinosaur bone when it's found? What exactly were dinosaurs, anyway, and how many different kinds were there? Gail Gibbons covers the basics of paleontology, dinosaurs, dinosaur families and evolutions, and the K-T extinction. This new and updated edition fe...

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Main Author: Gibbons, Gail (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Holiday House, [2024]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Gibbons, Gail. Explore the world with Gail Gibbons.
Subjects:
Dinosaurs > Juvenile nonfiction.
Paleontology > Juvenile nonfiction.
Informational works.
Picture books.
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Summary:Who discovers dinosaurs? What happens to a dinosaur bone when it's found? What exactly were dinosaurs, anyway, and how many different kinds were there? Gail Gibbons covers the basics of paleontology, dinosaurs, dinosaur families and evolutions, and the K-T extinction. This new and updated edition features the latest information on dinosaurs and how scientists study them.
Item Description:First published in 2005.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes index.
Physical Description:34 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience:Ages 6-9.
ISBN:9780823458646
0823458644
Author Notes:Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests.

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