God Made the Dinosaurs by Michael Carroll

God Made the Dinosaurs by Michael Carroll

In this beautifully illustrated softcover picture book for young readers, discover fun facts and scientific information about dinosaurs, fossils, and prehistoric life, all in a faith-based context. Learn how the Bible and science connect, what the fossil record and paleontologists throughout history have taught us, and how dinosaurs embody the creativity and awesomeness of God's creation.

From T. rexes to pterodactyls, God Made the Dinosaurs is jam-packed with fascinating information about the creatures that once roamed earth, sea, and sky. Delving into what we've learned from fossils and genetics, young paleontologists will love exploring the rich, detailed illustrations and soaking up the fun, educational facts.

God Made the Dinosaurs goes a step further than other dinosaur books, answering readers' curiosity about how science aligns with faith and showing them how science and religion can work together to teach us all about the amazing world God has created.

God Made the Dinosaurs is perfect for:

• Kids ages 6-10 who love dinosaurs and fossils
• Parents who want to answer questions about faith and science
• Educators and Sunday school teachers looking for STEM books that are rooted in faith

Author/artist Michael Carroll received the AAS Division of Planetary Science's Jonathan Eberhart Award for the best planetary science feature article of 2012, an article based on his Springer book Drifting on Alien Winds. He lectures extensively in concert with his various books, and has done invited talks at science museums, aerospace facilities, and NASA centers. His two decades as a science journalist have left him well-connected in the planetary science community. He is a Fellow of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts and has written articles and books on topics ranging from space to archaeology. His articles have appeared in Popular Science, Astronomy, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy Now (UK), and a host of children's magazines. His twenty-some titles also include Alien Volcanoes (Johns Hopkins University Press), Space Art (Watson Guptill), The Seventh Landing (Springer 2009), and Drifting on Alien Winds (Springer 2011). His latest book--his fifth from Springer--is Springer's Science and Fiction series novel On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea (2015).

Carroll has done commissioned artwork for NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several hundred magazines throughout the world, including National Geographic, Time, Smithsonian, Astronomy, and others. One of his paintings is on the surface of Mars--in digital form--aboard the Phoenix lander. Carroll is the 2006 recipient of the Lucien Rudaux Award for lifetime achievement in the Astronomical Arts.