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Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs

12 New Dinosaur Discoveries and More Feathers Than Ever

Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs( )
Author: Dixon, Dougal
ISBN:978-1-59078-470-9
Publication Date:Jul 2007
Publisher:Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $34.99
Book Description:

To keep up with the fast pace of dinosaur research, this popular volume has been fully updated with stunning new illustrations. Since the publication of the second edition nine years ago, at least 120 new finds have been made. The third edition features 38 dinosaurs, including T. rex and other favorites--plus 12 of the most exciting and important discoveries of the past decade, such as Guanlong, a 10-foot-long feathered meat eater from China; Falcarius, a fuzzy plant eater from...
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Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Fossils
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):22.098 x 28.042 x 1.854 cm
Book Weight:0.97 Kilograms
Author Biography
Dixon, Dougal (Author)
Dougal Dixon was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1947. He received a bachelor of science degree in geology from the University of St. Andrews in 1970 and a master of science degree in 1972. He entered the publishing field in 1973 and became a freelancer in 1980. He is an internationally recognized authority on dinosaurs and is one of the most popular science writers in the United Kingdom. His books include After Man: A Zoology of the Future, The New Dinosaurs, Man After Man, and Time Exposure (aka The Age of Dinosaurs). He has also served as a special advisor for programs and motion pictures about dinosaurs in the United States, Great Britain and Japan.

He received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism by the Educational Press Association of America in 1993, the Helen Roney Sattler Award in 1993, the Children's Book Council 1994 Outstanding Trade Science Book Award, and the Times Educational Supplement Primary Schoolbook Award in 1996.

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