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How to Survive in the Age of the Dinosaurs
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You might have some serious skills on the sports field, and maybe you are top of your class, but how would you fare in, say, the Jurassic?
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Boom, boom, BOOM ... Look out! That's a T. rex coming your way!? You've been transported back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. What do you do?!
Boom, boom, BOOM ... Look out! That's a T. rex coming your way!? You've been transported back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. What do you do?!
Test your chops and discover if you have what it takes to survive at a time when Earth looked, well, a tad different in this ultimate survival guide to the prehistoric age.
Find out how to make it through exploding volcanoes and mega monsoons—while dodging giant Permian bugs! See how to fend off an angry pterosaur and learn what to do if you're caught in a stampede of enormous titanosaurs. Discover what you could eat (spoiler alert—You better like the taste of insects!), and find out which hungry creatures just might try to eat you!
Packed with tips, tricks, and helpful maps, this is the ultimate handbook for dinosaur fans who want to know what life on Earth was really like when dinos ruled. Could you survive in the age of dinosaurs?
Check out these other humorous books about dinosaurs:
- Dining With Dinosaurs by Hannah Bonner
- Dino Records
- Weird But True Dinosaurs
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781426372827
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 April 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: National Geographic Kids
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 191.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 96
About the Author
STEPHANIE WARREN DRIMMER is a longtime writer for National Geographic Kids magazine and has written several books for Nat Geo Kids, including Hey, Baby!, The Book of Heroines, Surprising Stories Behind Everyday Stuff, and Mastermind. DR. STEVE BRUSATTE (expert contributor) is a paleontologist and leading authority on dinosaurs and dinosaur evolution. He is a professor at the University of Edinburgh and author of the New York Timesbest-selling book Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.
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