THE HOW AND WHY WONDER BOOK OF DINOSAURS By DarleneGeis Illustrations by Kenyon Shannon This is one of my all-time favorite dinosaur books. The author also wrote Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals, another favorite. Go here to see an interesting link about Ms. Geis' husband. Gosh! The things kids don't know about folks who write books for them! Like everything else here, these wonderful illustrations will probably never be published again because they're now considered hopelessly scientifically inaccurate. But I love them, especially the wicked upright Tyrannosaurus Rex and the nasty green lizard-like Allosaurus. Genius, I tell you!

Allosaurus

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Here's something which unfortunately you don't see in dinosaur books anymore. These days authors stick stricly to animals scientifically classed as dinosaurs and ignore all the other cool animals who lived at the same time. It's a shame. Where are you going to read about these creatures if not in dinosaur books? (are you listening, Don Glut?)

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