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"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these pterosaurs face-to-face: The Quetzalcoatlus had wings that spanned the length of a school bus! The Dsungaripterus had a bony crest on its head! The Eudimorphodon had a diamond-shaped flap at the end of its long tail! Plus you'll ...

The era of Anglo-American colonization, while brief, had a great impact on the development of Texas and the United States. Readers will discover what drew Anglo-American settlers to Texas, and what caused hostilities to rise between them and the Mexican Government. Frequent sidebars introduce readers to the key figures of this era.

Quizá los trilobites no sean tan espectaculares como los grandes dinosaurios. Sin embargo, estos pequeños seres prehistóricos –los cuales vivieron durante el periodo Cámbrico, es decir hace 542 millones de años–, tienen mucho que decirnos sobre el pasado remoto de la Tierra y sobre los seres vivos en general. Su fascinante anatomía, por ejemplo, guarda curiosas similitudes con otros animales y con un sinfín de objetos de uso común hoy en día. Este ameno libro toma a los trilobites como tema para hablarnos de la biología pero también de ingeniería. Los autores se refieren lo...

This book describes the process of plant growth through vocabulary rich text and descriptive photographs. Readers will explore a plant as it grows from a seed to a tall plant in the sun.