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    The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book: Stomp, Crash, And Thrash Through Hours of Puzzles, Games, And Activities!
    The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book: Stomp, Crash, And Thrash Through Hours of Puzzles, Games, And Activities!
    The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book: Stomp, Crash, And Thrash Through Hours of Puzzles, Games, And Activities!
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    The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book: Stomp, Crash, And Thrash Through Hours of Puzzles, Games, And Activities!

    By Kathi Wagner and Sheryl Racine

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    Stomp, crash, and thrash through hours of puzzles, games, and activities!

    The Everything Kids' Dinosaur Book combines exciting and educational facts about dinosaurs with super-cool puzzles and awesome activities that will keep kids roaring, stomping and leaping for more. Inside they'll find out about the different types of dinosaurs, where they came from, how they lived and a ton (or two) more!

    With The Everything Kids' Dinosaur Book, kids can:
    • Learn about what paleontologists study
    • Maneuver through swampy amphibian mazes
    • Create big dino fun with crafty art and cooking projects
    • Hunt for hidden dinosaurs in the most unlikely places
    • Discover modern-day fun facts about fossils

    Part educational tool, part activity book, The Everything Kids Dinosaur Book is guaranteed to keep kids entertained--and learning--for hours at a time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateAug 1, 2005
    ISBN9781440523298
    The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book: Stomp, Crash, And Thrash Through Hours of Puzzles, Games, And Activities!
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    Kathi Wagner

    An Adams Media author.

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      Book preview

      The Everything Kids' Dinosaurs Book - Kathi Wagner

      THE

      EVERYTHING

      KIDS'

      Dinosaurs Book

      Stomp, crash, and thrash through hours of

      puzzles, games, and activities!

      Kathi Wagner and Sheryl Racine

      DinosaursBook_FM_f001

      Adams Media

      Avon, Massachusetts

      Dedication

      To the Renfelds and to our families, for understanding and surviving

      EDITORIAL

      Publishing Director: Gary M. Krebs

      Associate Managing Editor: Laura M. Daly

      Copy Chief: Brett Palana-Shanahan

      Acquisitions Editor: Kate Burgo

      Development Editor: Katie McDonough

      Production Editors: Bridget Brace

      PRODUCTION

      Director of Manufacturing: Susan Beale

      Associate Production Director: Michelle Roy Kelly

      Series Designers: Colleen Cunningham, Erin Ring

      Layout and Graphics: Argosy

      Cover Layout: Paul Beatrice, Matt LeBlanc

      Copyright ©2005, F+W Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews and photocopies made for classroom use.

      An Everything® Series Book.

      Everything® and everything.com® are registered trademarks of F+W Publications, Inc.

      Published by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322. U.S.A.

      www.adamsmedia.com

      ISBN: 1-59337-360-0

      Printed in the United States of America.

      J   I   H   G   F   E   D   C   B   A

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Wagner, Kathi.

      The everything kids' dinosaurs book / Kathi Wagner and Sheryl Racine.

      p. cm. — (An everything series book)

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 1-59337-360-0

      1. Dinosaurs—Juvenile literature. [1. Dinosaurs.] I. Racine, Sheryl. II. Title. III. Series: Everything series.

      QE861.5W315 2005

      567.9—dc22 2005011012

      This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.

      —From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations

      Cover illustrations by Dana Regan. Interior illustrations by Kurt Dolber. Puzzles by Beth L. Blair.

      This book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases. For information, call 1-800-872-5627.

      See the entire Everything® series at www.everything.com.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: The World of the Dinosaur

      No Proof

      No Man's Land

      The Big Island

      Worlds Apart

      Chapter 2: Sea life

      Wonders of the Water

      Big Changes

      Coming Ashore

      To Swim or Not to Swim?

      Chapter 3: Triagc Times

      What's in a Name?

      Lizard Legs

      Bird Legs

      What's for Lunch?

      Is it a Bird, Reptile, or Mammal?

      Chapter 4: Jurassic Jungle

      Ferocious Fighters

      Gentle Giants

      Miniature Monsters

      Putting It All Together

      Chapter 5: Cretaceous Creatures

      Lots of Growing and Changing

      How Do You Eat Your Leaves?

      What Big Teeth You Have!

      The Good Mothers

      Armed with Armor

      Chapter 6: Footprints from the Past

      Why Do They Make Them This Way?

      Do You Believe in Giants?

      Hidden Hints

      The First Discovery

      Chapter 7: The Hunt Begins

      What Are the Odds?

      The Hunters

      The Hunted

      Dinosaurs on Display

      Chapter 8: Ever Changing

      Crazy Crocodiles

      Which Is the Best Way to Go?

      The Test of Time

      The Tail End

      Chapter 9: The Mystery

      What Do You Wonder About?

      Changing Skins

      The Search Goes On

      Where Did They Go?

      Gone Forever?

      Chapter 10: Gone But Not Forgotten

      Take a Dinosaur Home

      Dinos in Space?

      Dinosaur DNA

      The Return of the Dinosaur

      Appendix A: Glossary

      Appendix B: Do Your Own Research

      Puzzle Answers

      Introduction

      If you have ever wanted to go back in time, really way back in time, here is your opportunity! In The Everything® Kids' Dinosaurs Book, you'll travel back to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Your destination: millions of years back in time to an earth unseen and untouched by humans. A place where you will experience the life of the dinosaurs firsthand, from the tiny Triassic dinosaurs to the terrifying Cretaceous creatures and everything else in between. You'll learn the difference between bird-hipped and lizard-hipped dinosaurs and where different dinosaurs liked to live. Maybe you want to find out how the dinosaurs got their names or why some dinosaurs were peaceful while others were terrifying. That's all in here too, along with plenty of crafts, recipes, experiments, activities, and games for everyone.

      In this book, you can explore new places and create edible volcanoes, journey through Jurassic jungles and have relays, and, of course, see the untamed world through a dinosaur's eyes. This ancient world is filled with dozens of different dinosaurs, really weird mammals, and some other very strange creatures. Soon you'll be doing the limbo, making a seismograph, turning eggs into rubber, experimenting with your own environment, and trying the raft challenge. This fun-filled book will have you digging up answers, looking for lost clues, reconstructing skeletons, solving puzzles, excavating candy out of ice cream, and so much more! All you need are a few items from your present world and some help from your family and friends. The fun is all here, waiting inside for you. Are you ready for the journey of a lifetime? Well then, let's get started! All you have to do is turn the page.

      Rebecca:

      I lost my pet dinosaur.

      Drew:

      Why don't you put an ad

      in the newspaper?

      Rebecca:

      What good would that do?

      She can't read!

      I lost my pet dinosaur.

      What does a giant Tyrannosaurus eat?

      Anything it wants!

      Did the dinosaur take a bath?

      Why, is there one missing?

      Chapter 1

      The World of the Dinosaur

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      Who am I?

      Once upon a time I had several names, one of which was Brontosaurus. I have also been called a long neck from time to time. Who am I?

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      Apatosaurus

      No Proof

      Chances are, you've seen a lot of different types of animals. But have you ever seen a dinosaur, even in a zoo? of course not. The only dinosaurs we see today are in books, movies, or toy stores. So how do we know that the dinosaurs were ever really here? The only proof we have is in the form of fossilized bones or skeletons of these reptiles.

      For years, people have been finding dinosaur bones and trying to figure out what the dinosaurs might have looked like and how they must have lived. We can only guess about some of these things, because we don't have any live dinosaurs to watch and study, and there were no people living at the time of the dinosaurs who could leave any records of what they saw. People today have at least been able to come up with a name for these creatures. The word dinosaur comes from the combination of two smaller Greek words meaning terrible lizard.

      Because there are so many unanswered questions about the life of the dinosaurs and their world, dinosaurs probably will always be one of the world's greatest mysteries. Some people have dedicated their lives to trying to find out more about the dinosaurs. The more they look, the more they find. New information and new types of dinosaurs are being dug up every day, which constantly makes us change the way we think about these reptiles of long ago.

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      Guessing Game

      We guess about things every day. Doctors try to guess how tall you will be by measuring how tall your parents are. Weather reporters try to guess what the weather will be. At parties, people are always trying to guess what is inside their presents. Scientists spend a great deal of time trying to guess when the next earthquake will happen. One of the hardest things for paleontologists is trying to guess what took place here on earth millions of years ago.

      Words to Know

      paleontologist:

      A paleontologist is someone who examines or studies fossils, like those of the dinosaurs. Paleontologists work in the scientific field called paleontology.

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      Your Turn to Guess

      Guessing can be a lot of fun. If you want to challenge your friends or family to a guessing game, fill a clear container with several objects. Try things like beans, pennies, or small pieces of candy. Then show everyone your container, pass around a piece of paper and a pencil, and ask everyone to write down how many items they think are in the jar. If you want to make it a contest with a prize, you can give an award to whoever made the closest guess. If you want to guess too, have someone who's not guessing fill the jar for you. Another way to hold a guessing game is to guess who can limbo the lowest, jump the farthest, stare at each other the longest, and so on. How close was your guess?

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      Fun Fact

      A Dinosaur That Got Around

      The Coelophysis dinosaur must have lived all over the big island also known as Pangaea, because its fossils have been found on every continent in the world.

      No Man's Land

      No humans were living at the beginning of the age of the dinosaurs 230 million years ago, and it's a good thing! You probably wouldn't have wanted to live at that time unless you happen to like sharing the neighborhood with crocodiles, lots of insects, and of course, dinosaurs! The dragonflies that were on Earth millions of years ago were ten times bigger than the ones that hover over today's pools of water. These giant insects were the favorite food for the flying pterosaurs. And although dragonflies do bite, they were no match for a pterosaur.

      What?

      Begin by writing as many answers as you can under the clues. Then, enter each letter into its numbered box in the answer grid (one has been done for you). Continue working back and forth between the clues and the grid. When you are finished, you will have the answer to the following riddle:

      What do you call a Nothosaurus with carrots in its ears?

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      In the day of the dinosaurs, there also were beetles, spiders, cockroaches, and eventually, snakes. Can you imagine what size these other creatures would have been if the dragonflies were that large? No one seems to know for sure when each of these creatures appeared or which dinosaur was the first. Scientists believe that the first dinosaur appeared in South America. Research also shows that the first dinosaur probably ate some type of meat, was about 3 feet tall, and ran on its back legs!

      Words to Know

      Pterosaurs:

      Pterosaurs were bird-like reptiles that flew through the air during the time of the dinosaurs. Some of these pterosaurs had wings that spanned up to 40 feet across.

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      A Planet of Your Own

      One way you can make a small version of

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