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Tanaka, Shelley Barnard, Alan, Illustrator

Graveyards of the Dinosaurs: What It's Like to Discover Prehistoric Creatures

48 pp. | Hyperion | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-0375-4

(3) 4-6 I Was There series. Paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews's 1922 expedition to the Gobi Desert inspired the three journeys to dinosaur graveyards described in this book. Tanaka explains how fossils are discovered and the ways paleontologists interpret their findings to draw conclusions about how dinosaurs lived. Full-color photos of the sites and of important finds and dramatic re-creations of dinosaurs in action enhance the readable text. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.