"Engaging images accompany information about plesiosaurs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

Introduces the first land animals, including the ichthyostega, diadectes, and sarcosuchus; provides maps of where fossils of each have been found; and compares the size of each to man.

Dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era. For each, there is a chapter with dinosaur name (e.g., Tyrannosaurus rex), brief description, geographic area where found, meaning of name (e.g., for Tyrannosaurus rex: king of the tyrant lizards), size, diet (what the dinosaur ate).

Explores the world of prehistoric insects and their relatives.

Introduces the first flying animals, including pteranodon, harpagornis, and confuciusornis; provides maps of where fossils of the animals have been found; and compares the size of each to man.

Kids will be able to find out all about a dinosaur's life. Using thumb indexes, they can zoom through time--minutes, days, years, or sometimes even centuries--from one page to the next.

Discusses more than 80 different types of dinosaurs native to North America in the context of changing geography, animal and plant communities, and climate during the Mesozoic Era.