Ken Ham - Dinosaurs for Kids

This book which represents the Godly
Heritage of the Ham family is dedicated
to our grandchildren:

Malachi
Kathryn
Noah
Madelyn
Emma
Olivia

Kylie
Caleb
Lacey
Lexie
Nicole
Kendra

Josiah
Amelia
Tiberius
Declan
Lillianne
River

First printing: October 2009
Sixteenth printing: April 2022
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(meaning "large
duck") is a duck
billed hadrosaur.
It could grow to
around 40 feet in
length, and fed on
vegetation.
Paleontologists
struggled to
properly classify
this dinosaur
through the early
to mid-20th century
into a proper genus.

Age when dinosaurs
were created

Age of sin
and death

Age when dinosaurs
lived among each other
and other animals and
humans without violence
and fear

Age like today
when things die out
and become extinct

Age that changed
the world - the Great
Flood of Noah, dino
saurs on Ark, fossils
formed, and survivors
spread over the world

Age when people redis
covered dinosaurs and
realized they were animals,
not mythical creatures

We live in an age of FICTION
millions of years, evolutionbut we
need to tell the truth so people will
know God's Word is true and the
Gospel is true.

Dinosaurs can provide a great way to learn about history. You may already be familiar with
some of these dinosaurs. These drawings show you what we think they may have looked like.
Now, we don't know for sure, of course, as we usually only find their bones as fossils (and most
times, only a few of their bones). Artists use what bones have been found, knowledge about
living animals, and some imagination to come up with drawings like these. See if you can pro
nouncethese dinosaur names:

Dilophosaurus (die-LOF-o-SAWR-us), meaning "two-crested lizard."

Styracosaurus (sty-RAK-o-SAWR-us), meaning "spiked lizard."

Triceratops (tri-SER-a-tops), meaning "three-horned face."

Megalosaurus (MEG-a-lo-SAWR-us), meaning "big lizard."

Iguanodon (i-GWAHN-o-don), meaning "iguana tooth."

Ceratosaurus (ser-ah-toe-SAWR-us), meaning "horned lizard."

Deinonychus (die-NON-i-kus), meaning "terrible claws."

Velociraptor (vee-LOHS-i-RAP-tor), meaning "swift robber."

Ultrasaurus (UHL-tra-SAWR-us), was so nicknamed because of its enormous size.

Seismosaurus (SIES-mo-SAWR-us), meaning "earthquake lizard."

Did you know there are hundreds of dinosaur names? However, there were
not hundreds of types of dinosaurs. There were a number of similar ones
that should be grouped in categories known by what the Bible describes
as "kinds." Does that sound a little confusing? Well, this book will help to
explain this and a lot of other things about dinosaurs you may not know.

Before we begin, I don't want you to miss out on
knowing what my very favorite dinosaur is! In fact,
I think he deserves this whole page to himself!
It is the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex (ti-RAN-oh
SAWR-us-rex), meaning "tyrant lizard king." I'll
let you in on a secretI love T-rex because I like
his teeth! I use teeth to teach kids and parents some
very interesting things about dinosaursthings that
you may not have heard or really understood before.
But it is very important to understand the truth
about dinosaurs!

1. T-rex fossils are found
in Canada and the
western United States.
2. The first documented
T-rex fossil was discov-
ered in 1902 by Barnum
Brown.
3. Scientists think T-rex
skeletons were made up
of close to 200 bones.
4. T-rex had around 60
teeth, which ranged
in size based on their
placement in the jaw
of the skull.

With a strong tail extended for balance, an adult T-rex
could be a little over 40 feet in length, 12 to 13 feet tall at
the hips, and weigh between 5 and 7 tons. T-rex's jagged
teeth could be up to 9 inches long, and like sharks, the T
rex was able to replace teeth when one was lost.

What's in a name? Remember that the T-rex name
means "tyrant lizard king." But secular scientists
are still wondering whether T-rexes were active
hunters or clever scavengers, or a combination
of both. However, creation scientists are able to
explain the evidence in a different way using the
biblical account of history, as we will soon learn.

1. The word "fossil" is from the
Latin word meaning "dug up."
2. Scientists often make
assumptions about dinosaurs
based on a few fossilized
bones, bone fragments, or
other fossil remains,
impressions, etc.
3. Only a few thousand
dinosaur fossil skeletons
have been discovered.
4. The vast majority of fossils
discovered are marine
invertebrates (creatures that
don't have backbones
like clams).

I'm sure you have lots of questions about dinosaurs. I believe I
can answer many of those questions for you because dinosaurs
are not a mystery at all. I know someone who was there when
dinosaurs came into existence, and was also there when they
seemed to disappear from the earth. In fact, this "someone" has
written a book for us that gives a detailed account of the
history of the universe. He tells us when the earth began, as well