A must have book for dino fans – all the latest information at your fingertips!

e.explore: Dinosaur is a unique combination of a book and an exclusive website, created with Google™, the world's most popular search engine.

Use the book to read all about dinosaurs, then go online to the special website to discover even more. Go on location with fossil hunters, analyse their finds in the laboratory, and follow the reconstruction processes behind the creation of life-size museum models, virtual reality reconstructions, and Hollywood animatronics.

All the internet links have been specifically selected, giving you all the latest exciting information on dinosaurs. Linked to the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, this book is perfect for projects, or just for fun - homework need never be boring again!

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Product Description

e.guides Dinosaur presents the landmark discoveries of the last 200 years, goes on location with today's great fossil hunters, investigating and analyzing their finds, and follows the reconstruction processes behind the creation of life-size museum models. Dramatic illustrations bring to life the best-known finds by combining the latest scholarship and the latest, dazzling Photoshop and CGI techniques.

This brand new reference series reflects and enhances how today's young researchers gather, assess, and present information. Part of DK and Google's exciting family reference partnership, e.guides look at core topics from many angles, including facts, 3-D models, data boxes, charts, and more.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #329179 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

From Booklist
Gr. 7-12. Published jointly by DK and Google, this large volume in the new e.guides series is in DK's handsome, browsable format: one subject on each double-page-spread mix of text, boxed insets, gorgeous color photos, and scientists' accounts of everything from fossil sites to dinosaur anatomy. The information is highly technical, and some pages are too crammed with tiny type. The significant feature here is the book's liaison to a Web site, with keywords on each spread, linking the subject to computer animations, videos, and more. The back matter includes dinosaur profiles and brief biographies of famous paleontologists, that allow readers to access more via a computer link. Excellent for research and personal interest; the technology never drowns out the thrilling content. Others in the series include Earth, Mummy, and Space Travel. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Customer Reviews

Fantastic dinosaur world for all kids
This book i found on google during a search for dinosaur pictures for my 6 year old son. I liked it from the very first moment, the pictures are gorgeous and the online support is super cool. The book was a >Tooth fairy gift for the first toot of my son. i couldnot find a better gift. i recommend it to anybody.

A Mission to Enhance Homework
Homework takes on a new meaning when you get to go online to research topics. DK and Google are producing books to make homework a journey into discovery. Information springs to life in color pictures, 3-D models and maps.

This book has a website dedicated to the topic of Dinosaurs. The links are age-appropriate and children can also download images or do additional research.

Some of the topics in this book include:

Body Fossils
Examining Footprints
Feeding
Dinosaurs on Display
Turning to Stone
Dinosaur Habitats

Children can see what a dinosaur looked like inside an egg or how a Baryonx looked while playfully catching fish with its claws. This book also answers questions like:

How did parents care for the young dinosaurs?
Was the Tyrannosaurus a hunter or scavenger?
Did Dinosaurs travel in herds?
How are Dinosaur bones collected in the field?
What does a Jurassic shark look like?

The Elasmosaurus is a fascinating sea giant and looks rather playful except for the sharp teeth. A few pages are given to creatures of the air and sea, but most of the book focuses on dinosaurs that peacefully roamed the earth nibbling on a shrub here or there. Then you have the Giganotosaurus that hunted by ambush.

The variety in this book will fascinate children and you can learn about everything from the size of a dinosaur's brain to the way a computer can manipulate an image to show what a fossil looked like before it became deformed and preserved.

~The Rebecca Review