Gr 3-4-Two titles designed for young dinosaur fans (though Pteranodon is hardly a dinosaur). The colorful maps, photos, and illustrations keep step with the simple texts. Some unfamiliar terms are defined in a brief glossary; others-and their definitions-are arbitrarily selected to appear in the lower right-hand corner of the page. Each title contains a very simplistic "experiment" (for example, excavation of "fossil" chocolate chips from a cookie, in Stegosaurus). The subject is certainly appealing, and the very brief, fact-filled texts may satisfy true neophytes among dinophiles not yet ready for such elegant titles as Helen Roney Sattler's Pterosaurs: The Flying Reptiles (1985) and Stegosaurs: The Solar-Powered Dinosaurs (1992, both Lothrop; o.
