• Complain

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld - Dinosaurs

Here you can read online Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld - Dinosaurs full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2016, publisher: Live Oak Media, genre: Detective and thriller. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs: summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Dinosaurs" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

These prehistoric creatures are a fascinating topic for beginning readers and the up-to-date information and eye-popping photos in this simple introduction will enthrall them.

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld: author's other books


Who wrote Dinosaurs? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.

Dinosaurs — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Dinosaurs" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make
For Whitley Copyright 2011 National Geographic Society Published by the - photo 1
For Whitley Copyright 2011 National Geographic Society Published by the - photo 2
For Whitley Copyright 2011 National Geographic Society Published by the - photo 3
For Whitley
Copyright 2011 National Geographic Society
Published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 20036. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.
Dinosaurs / by Kathleen W. Zoehfeld.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4263-0775-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4263-0776-8 (library binding : alk. paper)
1. Dinosaurs--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
QE861.5.Z63 2011
567.9--dc22
2010037806
All illustrations by Franco Tempesta unless otherwise noted below:
5, 32 (bottom, left): Will Van Overbeek/ NationalGeographicStock.com; 6-9, 23, 32 (bottom,
right): Louie Psihoyos/ Corbis; 11 (top, left): Brooks Walker/ NationalGeographicStock.com; 11
(top, right): Xu Xing; 18: James Leynse/ Corbis; 20: Francois Gohier/ Photo Researchers, Inc.;
26-27: Karel Havlicek/ NationalGeographicStock.com; 28: Joel Sartore/ NationalGeographic
Stock.com; 29: National Geographic/ NationalGeographicStock.com; 31: Paul Bricknell/Dorling
Kindersley/ Getty Images; 32 (top, right): Lynn Johnson/ NationalGeographicStock.com
National Geographic supports K12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.
Visit natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Printed in the United States of America
Paperback: 15/WOR/6
RLB: 15/WOR/5
Have you ever seen dinosaur bones in a museum mew- ZEE -um Some of them - photo 4
Have you ever seen dinosaur bones
in a museum (mew- ZEE -um)? Some
of them are huge! If those bones
came to life, it would be pretty scary.
But not to worry. All the big, scary
dinosaurs died off long, long ago.
The bones werent
always at the
museum. Where did
they come from?
Word
Bites
MUSEUM: A building
where you can see
dinosaur bones
and other rare and
important things
The dinosaur bones were buried safely in rock for a long time The bones - photo 5
The dinosaur bones were buried
safely in rock for a long time.
The bones are fossils ( FOS - uls).
Paleontologists (pay- lee- on- TOL - o-
jists) found them. They dug them
out of the ground.
Word
Bites
FOSSIL: Part of a living
thing that has been
saved in stone
PALEONTOLOGIST: A
scientist who finds and
studies fossils
They brought the fossil bones to the museum and cleaned them Then they put - photo 6
They brought the fossil bones
to the museum and cleaned them.
Then they put them all together.
Bones were on the inside of a
dinosaur. But what did dinosaurs
look like on the outside?
Q Whats the best way to talk
to a dinosaur?
A Long distance
Sometimes dinosaur skin left prints in mud The mud hardened and saved the - photo 7
Sometimes dinosaur skin left
prints in mud. The mud hardened
and saved the prints.
These fossils tell us that some
dinosaurs were scaly, like lizards.
Triceratops
(tri- SER- ah- tops)
And some dinosaurs had
feathers, like birds.
skin fossil
feather fossil
Buitreraptor
(BWEE- tree- RAP- tore)
Tyrannosaurus rex ty- RAN- oh- SORE- us REX was one of the biggest meat- - photo 8
Tyrannosaurus rex
(ty- RAN- oh- SORE- us REX)
was one of the biggest meat- eaters
that ever walked the Earth.
Diplodocus
(dih- PLOD- uh- kus) was one of
the longest dinosaurs ever found.
Pachycephalosaurus
(pack- ee- SEF- ah- loh- SORE- us)
walked on two legs and
had a thick, domed head.
Triceratops
(tri- SER- a- tops) had a huge head
with three large horns and a
wide neck frill.
Ankylosaurus
(AN- kye- loh- SORE- us) was an
armored dinosaur. It had a solid
bone club at the end of its tail.
Stegosaurus
(STEG- oh- SORE- us) had rows
of tall plates running
down its back. Its tail had
four deadly spikes.
When you go to the museum be sure to look for the smallest dinosaurs - photo 9
When you go to the museum,
be sure to look for the smallest
dinosaurs.
Some are small enough to hold in
your hands. Many small dinosaurs
had feathers.
Microraptor
You
Microraptor
(MIKE- ro- rap- tore)
The biggest dinosaurs were the long- necked sauropods SORE - uh- PODS - photo 10
The biggest dinosaurs were the
long- necked sauropods ( SORE - uh-
PODS ). You cant miss them!
Sauropods like Argentinosaurus
are the biggest land animals
that ever lived.
Argentinosaurus
You
Argentinosaurus
(ahr- gen- TEEN- oh- SORE- us)
Big or small scaly or feathery all dinosaurs walked on their toes - photo 11
Big or small, scaly
or feathery all
dinosaurs walked
on their toes.
knee
ankle
toes
And all dinosaurs had curvy,
S- shaped necks.
neck
Edmontosaurus
(ed- MON- toh- SORE- us)
Q How do you know when theres
a dinosaur under your bed?
A Your nose hits
the ceiling!
A dinosaurs teeth tell us what it ate Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus were - photo 12
A dinosaurs teeth tell us what
it ate. Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus
were plant- eaters. They had dozens
of chisel- like teeth. Their teeth were
good for snipping tough branches.
fossil of Diplodocus
Brachiosaurus
(BRACK- ee- oh- SORE- us)
Deinonychus die- NON- e- kus Other dinosaurs were meat- eaters They - photo 13
Deinonychus
(die- NON- e- kus)
Other dinosaurs were
meat- eaters. They ate other
animals.
Deinonychus had teeth as sharp
as steak knives. They were
perfect for slicing meat.
tooth of meat- eater
Tyrannosaurus rex
Q What do you call a dinosaur
that crashes its car?
A Tyrannosaurus
wrecks!
All dinosaurs even the scariest meat- eaters laid eggs and had babies - photo 14
Next page
Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Dinosaurs»

Look at similar books to Dinosaurs. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


Reviews about «Dinosaurs»

Discussion, reviews of the book Dinosaurs and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.