Children's Fiction Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Ankylosaur Attack
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2011
- Category
- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Boys & Men
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554536313
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $16.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 4 to 7
- Grade: p to 2
- Reading age: 4 to 7
Description
This mind-blowing feast for the eye uses photo-realistic, computer-generated images to illustrate what dinosaurs might have looked like in their natural environment. Complementing the extraordinary images is an exciting, scientifically accurate story about a young ankylosaur (a plant-eating, heavy-plated dinosaur) living along the banks of a grassy lake. When he encounters an old ankylosaur, he gently endeavours to make contact, only to be rebuffed. Then a T. rex attacks, and the youngster knows the old dinosaur is in grave danger. Will the T. rex triumph? It looks that way, until the young ankylosaur comes to the rescue, tail club swinging. Ankylosaur Attack is book one in the Tales of Prehistoric Life series. Dramatic stories + eyepopping visuals = a surefire hit with young dinosaur lovers.
About the authors
Daniel Loxton is Editor of Junior Skeptic, the children's section of Skeptic magazine, a quarterly science education and science advocacy magazine published by the nonprofit Skeptics Society. Daniel is the author and illustrator of Evolution. He lives in Victoria, B.C.
Awards
- Short-listed, Silver Birch Express Award, Ontario Library Association
- Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Editorial Reviews
A combination of minimal text containing maximal information andcomputer-generated, photo-realistic images of the creatures in their natural setting makes Loxton¹s book a mind-blower/eyeball popper for that dino-crazy species that lives among us.
The Globe and Mail
Librarian Reviews
Ankylosaur Attack (Tales of Prehistoric Life)
A young ankylosaur awakes in the forest and begins to feed. She comes upon an old ankylosaur who is wounded. Suddenly, a tyrannosaurus rex attacks the older dinosaur, but the young one comes to the rescue. Wounded, the tyrannosaur limps away, and the ankylosaurs are safe. They survive another day. Movie-quality images and a non-fiction section will enthrall young dinosaur fans.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Fall, 2012.
