Best Selling Books by Dougal Dixon

Describes the dinosaurs that once lived in Europe, giving the physical characteristics of each type and explaining how they displayed similar behaviors to many animals of today.

Explores feathered dinosaurs, looking at how they survived millions of years ago and what they have in common with today''s animals.

Discusses how dinosaurs lived in Asia and how the animals living there today have things in common with them.

Discusses the dinosaurs that relied on insects as their main source of food.

Discusses the dinosaurs that lived in Colorado and the traits they had in common with animals of today.

Illustrations, facts and the latest findings on eighty dinosaurs.

Profiles dinosaurs who lived along shorelines.

Who but History Hunters would think to look up to find buried bones? Learn how the tremendous forces of Earth, time, and the elements create and preserve fossils and how modern technology aids in the search for the details. Join the adventure as a forgotten jawbone in a museum storeroom leads to a Dinosaur Dig and the discovery of what could be a new species of dinosaur! Book jacket.

Traces the day-to-day life of Leah, an African lioness, and her pride, who live on the grasslands of Africa.

Full-color illustrations provide details on a number of prehistoric creatures from the Triassic period.--Sources other than Library of Congress.

Brief text and pictures introduce thirteen dinosaurs, providing information on appearance, habitat, and eating habits.

Illustrated By Julian Baker, Madeline David, Josephine Martin, and Rodger Stewart.

Born on the Arctic tundra, a polar bear is drawn into an Alaskan town by hunger and the smell of food. Will she ever return to the snowy plains where she lives?

Describes the various types of dinosaurs that lived on the plains, how they survived millions of years ago, and how they compare with today''s grassland animals.

Discusses the dinosaurs that relied on leaves as their main source of food.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the characteristics and habits of several dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles that roamed the earth during the Cretaceous Period.

Learn about the dinosuars of western North America.

This series looks at dinosaurs and the different places they lived more than 65 million years ago, using beautifully illustrated pages to feature some of the biggest, fiercest, fastest, and brainiest dinosaurs that ever roamed the earth.

Describes over fifty prehistoric creatures, such as eoraptors, allosauruses, megalanias, and smilodons, and provides facts about where they lived, what they ate, their main enemies, and other related topics.

Explores the dinosaurs that lived in what is now the Dashanpu area in the Sichuan province of central China, looking at how they survived millions of years ago and what they have in common with today''s animals.

Profiles dinosaurs who lived in cold regions of the planet.

Discusses how dinosaurs lived in Africa and how the animals living there today have things in common with them.

Learn about some of the very first dinosaurs.

Look out for dinosaur bones, footprints, and fossil feathers on your dinosaur dig site, before opening the gatefolds and uncovering the creatures to whom they once belonged, in 3 incredible, expansive panoramic scenes. Travel through Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous eras, hunting for fossils and then learning about each amazing prehistoric creature, before testing your knowledge with a fun dinosaur quiz. Grab your paleontologist’s tool kit and get stuck in with facts, stats, and colorful illustrations to amaze any young dinosaur enthusiast.

This major new atlas offers the first complete look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Its six sections are divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume''s final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today. The distribution today of types of rock, geological formations, fossils and modern species are explained, and the processes of natural evolution and of landscape formation through plate tectonics are revealed here as never before.

An introduction to eight dinosaurs that inhabited the continent of Australia.

Discusses the plants and animals of the tropical forests that are threatened by the spread of civilization.

Explores what dinosaurs were like and how they lived based on evidence and clues found in fossils. Includes related questions, instructions for making dinosaur models, and other activities.

An introduction to various types of carnivorous dinsaurs.

Describes twelve animals of the Quaternary period, including Mammuthus, Thylacolea, and Dinornis, with information on where they lived, when they lived, their length, special features, food, and enemies.

Introduces duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaurs, including the Olorotitan and Saurolophus, discussing their physical characteristics and the traits they have in common with animals of today.

Examines the physical characteristics, fossil remains, and behaviors of dinosaurs that lived on the Isle of Wight.

This title is a practical field guide to reading the landscape around you and discovering the minerals that comprise it. It includes chapters on minerals, mapping, earth movements, geological sites around the world and much more.

Shows how the examination of dinosaur fossil remains by palaeontologists has provided us with a wealth of information about the characteristics and behaviour of these extinct creatures. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.