Most Popular Books by Dougal Dixon

The hot, dry South was once covered in deserts, forests, and then rivers. Find out how dinosaurs lived there. See how they compare to today''s southern animals.

Are you ready for the Ice Age? Travel back in time to the days of early man and identify a mysterious animal that our ancestors painted on a cave wall long before the dawn of recorded history! The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it.

Profiles dinosaurs who lived in cold regions of the planet.

Discusses the dinosaurs that relied on leaves as their main source of food.

Who but History Hunters would think to look up to find buried bones? Learn how the tremendous forces of Earth, time, and the elements create and preserve fossils and how modern technology aids in the search for the details. Join the adventure as a forgotten jawbone in a museum storeroom leads to a Dinosaur Dig and the discovery of what could be a new species of dinosaur! Book jacket.

Discusses the dinosaurs that relied on fish as their main food source.

Where there are now grasslands were once forests and plains. All kinds of dinosaurs lived there. Learn how they used the same survival skills as today''s animals.

Learn about the dinosuars of western North America.

Discusses the dinosaurs that lived in Colorado and the traits they had in common with animals of today.

With over 130 colossal creatures to spot across 17 scenes and fun facts to discover throughout, this roarsome, clawsome search-and-find adventure is perfect for young dinosaur lovers. With bright, humorous cartoon illustrations and fascinating facts.

An introduction to eight dinosaurs that inhabited the continent of Australia.

Describes over fifty prehistoric creatures, such as eoraptors, allosauruses, megalanias, and smilodons, and provides facts about where they lived, what they ate, their main enemies, and other related topics.

Discusses the dinosaurs that relied on insects as their main source of food.

Traces the day-to-day life of Leah, an African lioness, and her pride, who live on the grasslands of Africa.

e.guides Dinosaur presents the landmark discoveries of the last 200 years, goes on location with today''''s great fossil hunters, investigating and analyzing their finds, and follows the reconstruction processes behind the creation of life-size museum models. Dramatic illustrations bring to life the best-known finds by combining the latest scholarship and the latest, dazzling Photoshop and CGI techniques. This brand new reference series reflects and enhances how today''s young researchers gather, assess, and present information. Part of DK and Google''s exciting family reference partnership, e.guides look at core topics from many angles, including facts, data boxes, charts, and more. The book that''s online - with a dedicated web site and all the latest links.

This series looks at dinosaurs and the different places they lived more than 65 million years ago, using beautifully illustrated pages to feature some of the biggest, fiercest, fastest, and brainiest dinosaurs that ever roamed the earth.

An introduction to various types of carnivorous dinsaurs.

Explores the dinosaurs that lived in what is now the Dashanpu area in the Sichuan province of central China, looking at how they survived millions of years ago and what they have in common with today''s animals.

Examines the physical characteristics, fossil remains, and behaviors of dinosaurs that lived on the Isle of Wight.

Shows how the examination of dinosaur fossil remains by palaeontologists has provided us with a wealth of information about the characteristics and behaviour of these extinct creatures. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.