My very first dinosaurs book

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Dinosaur websites to visit

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Watch a video clip about dinosaurs

Imagine how Compsognathus, a small dinosaur, may have looked
For more video clips, click on the dinosaur "Promo" links in the playlist.

See how Ankylosaurus' bony plates protected it from attack
For more video clips, click on the links in the playlist.

Meet Pteranodon, a pterosaur, and see how it dived for fish
You can find lots more dinosaur videos in the playlist on the right.

See how big a Tyrannosaurus rex's tooth was
To watch more dinosaur videos, click on the clips in the playlist.

Explore a guide to dinosaurs and animals that lived alongside them
Click on the blue arrows to see different dinosaurs and click on the tabs on the right for dinosaur facts.

Watch a video about how dinosaur hunters dig up fossil bones

Print out and colour a Triceratops or Tyrannosaurus rex
Scroll down and click on PDF links.

Can you place the correct names on the dinosaur skeletons?
Click and drag the names to the correct dinosaurs.

Play a game to spot meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs
Click on "More Games" for dinosaur matching and memory games. (This website uses Flash and may not work on all browsers.)

Other topics:: How to say the dinosaur names - A to C; How to say the dinosaur names - D to L; How to say the dinosaur names - M to Q; How to say the dinosaur names - R to Z

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About this book

My very first books
My very first dinosaurs book

They hunt! They eat! They fight! This charmingly illustrated book is a perfect way for little children to find out about dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, from the horned Triceratops and huge Brachiosaurus to the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. With lots to spot and talk about, from how big and small dinosaurs were, to where they came from.

See the other books in this series.

Alex Frith

Alex Frith has been a children's author for more than a decade, covering every topic on Earth, from prehistoric animals to robots with artificial intelligence, and everything under the Sun, from the origins of the Universe to the adventures of Thor, God of Thunder. At home he reads too many comics, and attempts to raise three children with an awful lot of help from his wife, and no help at all from his cat.

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