THE NEWEST AND COOLEST DINOSAURS is a book written by well-known paleontologist
Philip J. Currie and children's authour Colleayn O. Mastin. Each dinosaur is given a two-page spread with one page devoted
to a color rendition of the animal by artist Jan Sovak. The dinosaur name is bolded and most have a line following
to help the reader remember which is which. An example would be, "Einiosaurus: The Dinosaur with a Bottle Opener Nose!"
The dinosaur is described in three to six paragraphs and a separate box
called "Dino Data" appears on each animal's page. In the box is information about each dino's name, what it means,
the year it was discovered, the food it ate, its family, in which period it lived, where the fossils were found, and its length
and weight. This book is written in a very reader-friendly way with interesting facts such as the fact that computer
modeling now shows that the Seismosaurus may have been able to move its tail faster than the speed of sound to create a loud
boom to frighten off predators. Comparisons such as, "Achelousaurus weighed as much as a medium sized delivery truck
and was a little shorter than a Hummer," make visualization easier. Even dinosaur fanatics will learn something new
from this book filled with up-to-date theories about dinosaurs.
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