Dinosaurs: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)

More geared for older elementary aged kids. Artwork is good. Level of detail is good.

Great book for the dinosaur lover 🦕 🦖 in your life This is my youngest son’s second copy of the encyclopedia- he loves the vibrant pictures and all the information. My favorite thing is that it list all of the dinosaur names phonetically so it makes them easier to pronounce. Definitely would purchase again

My son loves dinosaurs and this book has been great! Both informative and filled with pictures. Would recommend.

My child loves loves loves this book! The images are out of this world and it well describes a lot of aspects of dinosaurs and evolution. The books hardcover was a little bent on the edging due to it not being packaged well but I'm not going to take stars away from the book since that's a packaging issue on the sellers end or through amazon.

Great pictures and quality. Good for the dinosaur enthusiasts. Pleasantly surprised at the size and weight for the price.

I bought this book for the little dinosaur loving grandchildren, the oldest being 5 and 6 years old. I was more attracted to the eye on the cover than anything else. I wanted to challenge them by stepping out of the realm of just a scary T-Rex. This book is much than just dinosaurs and more advanced than I anticipated but it is also a book that is thick and full of knowledge waiting to be obtained. I love pulling science into their little minds so I’ve started with sitting and looking at pictures. It is not a hardback so a bit more fragile. It is, in my opinion, a book of privilege so it stays protected on a shelf which in turn it becomes like the forbidden fruit. They love this book.

This is a wonderful book about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. The illustrations and pictures are excellent and the book is very informative. However there is only one chapter about dinosaurs (which includes birds who are living dinosaurs) and based on the title there should be more about dinosaurs.

I bought this book for my grandson who is a dinosaur collector. He loves this book.

It was excellent! Very informative and useful! My daughter loves reading it..

My son, being a dinosaur enthusiast, is so happy with this book. Very informative with all the nice 300+ colored pages full of pictures.

14 year old dinosaur mad grandson summed it up .. Wow, thanks Granny & Grandpa. 👍 It's a beautiful book, full of amazing illustrations and packed full of facts and information

DK sempre una sicurezza... Libro molto bello, ben fatto.

As always DK in conjunction with the Smithsonian publishes high quality work. I do not possess a copy of the 1st edition so I cannot compare it to that but I do have a similar publication from DK, Prehistoric Life. In many regards this work is an updated version of that book, smaller, but more focused, and striking the right balance between a person with little background in the subject to one more familiar with paleontology. The topics were arranged logically so material is easy to find. As another reviewer pointed out, this deals with much more than just dinosaurs, but dinosaurs are still the major focus. It makes sense though to address the origin of the dinosaur body and to put them in their historical context, both before their reign and after, and to dedicate time to their successors, birds. The writing is enhanced by the many high quality illustrations. I recognize many from Prehistoric Life but many stand out, especially dinosaurs in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, that are shown with more feathers and less scales that previous publications had, bringing these in line with our current understanding. All in all I would recommend this as a solid general reference in any library for this subject and a good starting point for those wanting to learn more.