Plesiosaur Peril by Daniel Loxton
In the Tales of Prehistoric Life series, award-winning author and illustrator Daniel Loxton uses stunningly realistic, state-of-the-art, computer-generated images to vividly re-create the undersea world of the Jurassic period. Featured here are creatures called plesiosaurs, marine reptiles distantly related to land-based dinosaurs. We follow the tale of a baby Cryptoclidus, a type of plesiosaur, whose curiosity about her new world in the ocean leads her to wander away from her mother and the rest of her protective pod. As the baby happily explores and plays, she is suddenly confronted by an enormous Liopleurodon, a predatory and much larger plesiosaur. In a highly dramatic scene, the baby, with the help of the rest of her pod, makes a narrow escape from becoming the Liopleurodon's dinner.The exciting adventure story and high-impact digital illustrations, each covering a two-page spread, will captivate fans of prehistoric animals. But the book is also a terrific source of factual scientific information about the lives of plesiosaurs, their ocean habitat, the ocean's other inhabitants and the ways these creatures interacted with each other. As a special bonus, there is an information page describing these plesiosaurs at the back of the book. With its photo-realistic illustrations, this book would make an excellent resource for life science lessons on prehistoric animals and their environments, evolution and how modern scientists use their discoveries to make deductions about the animals of the distant past.Is Daniel Loxton still alive? Is it possible to live? Daniel Loxton is the editor of Junior Skeptic, the children's section of Skeptic magazine, the nonprofit Skeptic Society's quarterly science education and activism publication. The first book in the Tales of Prehistoric Life series, Evolution and Ankylosaur Attack, was written and illustrated by Daniel. He resides in Victoria, British Columbia.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781554536337 |
| ISBN 10 | 1554536332 |
| Title | Plesiosaur Peril |
| Author | Daniel Loxton |
| Series | Tales Of Prehistoric Life |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Kids Can Press |
| Year published | 2014-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |