{"product_id":"9781684492541","title":"Tales of the Prehistoric World: Adventures from the Land of the Dinosaurs","description":"\u003cb\u003eTravel back in time in this collection of exhilarating dinosaur adventures for kids and grandchildren aged 7-10 from paleontologist and YouTuber Kallie Moore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho needs Jurassic World when the truth is this exciting? Prepare yourself for jaw-dropping discoveries, scandalous stories, and dinosaurs so weird you won’t believe they’re real! The tales in this dinosaur book are all completely true and many are included in a kids’ book for the first time. Readers will come face-to-face with incredible prehistoric beasts including the Australian dinosaurs that fossilized into gemstones, the prehistoric shark with a circular saw in its mouth, and the relative of T. rex that was found frozen at the top of a mountain in Antarctica…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is broken down into chapters covering the whole of Earth’s history:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 - The Beginning\u003c\/b\u003e - featuring prehistoric goo and the first squishy animals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 - An Explosion of Life\u003c\/b\u003e - featuring king-sized trilobites, armored fish, and giant bugs!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 - The Age of Reptiles\u003c\/b\u003e - featuring spiny sauropods, pterosaurs the size of airplanes, and musical dinosaurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 - The Recent Past\u003c\/b\u003e - featuring gigantic snakes, Ice Age mammoths and sabre-toothed cats, and the hairy primates that would one day evolve into humans!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery thrilling story has been meticulously researched by author Kallie Moore, a fossil expert who also hosts the hit YouTube show \u003ci\u003ePBS Eons\u003c\/i\u003e. Beautiful illustrations by critically-acclaimed illustrator Becky Thorns bring incredible prehistoric beasts like Stegosaurus and Triceratops to life for younger readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike most kids’ dinosaur books on the market, Tales of the Prehistoric World shines a light on the work of palaeontologists – from Susan Hendrickson, who discovered the most complete T. rex ever found, to Nizar Ibrahim, whose discoveries in the Sahara desert changed everything we thought we knew about Spinosaurus (SPOILER: it could swim!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will please both fledgling and confirmed dinophiles. . .An insider’s view of exciting sites and finds, with prehistoric portraits aplenty to match.\" –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gift to stand the test of time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful hardback book makes the perfect gift for dino-mad kids. The cloth-textured cover is gilded with gold foil, and everything is printed using sustainable FSC® certified paper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollect the series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of Neon Squid’s acclaimed series of educational bedtime stories that also includes \u003ci\u003eTales of Ancient Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales of World War II\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023695528176,"sku":"9781684492541","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781684492541_p0.jpg?v=1763773134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781684492541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}