What is a dinosaur?

Published in Great Britain in MMXXI by Book House, an imprint of The Salariya Book Company Ltd 25 Marlborough Place, Brighton BN1 1UB www.salariya.com

ISBN: 978-1-913337-66-7

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Consultant: John Cooper studied Geology at university and began a career in museums, specialising in the study of dinosaur fossils at Leicester Museum and the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, USA, before moving to Brighton to become Keeper of Natural Sciences at the Booth Museum of Natural History. He is the founder and chairman of the Brighton & Hove Geological Society and has written many children’s books on geological themes. He retired in 2015 but remains the Emeritus Keeper of Natural Science at the Booth Museum.

Author: David Stewart has written many nonfiction books for children. He lives in Brighton, England, with his family.

Artist: Diego Vaisberg works as a designer and illustrator. He has previously worked in the product and design department for the Ink-co kids’ accessories brand, and has been professor of Editorial design and Illustration at Palermo University, Buenos Aires since 2014.

Editor: Nick Pierce

Contents

What is a dinosaur? 4 How long ago did dinosaurs live? 6 What did dinosaurs eat? 10 Did dinosaurs eat each other? 14 Did dinosaurs lay eggs? 18 Were dinosaurs good parents? 21 How big were dinosaurs? 24 How do dinosaurs measure up? 26 Did dinosaurs live in water? 28 Did dinosaurs fly? 30 Did dinosaurs have feathers? 32 What is inside a dinosaur? 34 How fast were dinosaurs? 37 What happened to the dinosaurs? 40 How do we know about dinosaurs? 42 Dinosaur facts 46 Glossary 47 Index 48