Thimmesh, Catherine.

Scaly spotted feathered frilled : how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like? / by the Sibert medalist Catherine Thimmesh. - 57 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index.

Introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to bring us face-to-face with the past.

Grade 4 and up.

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Dinosaurs.
Paleoart.
Paleontology.


Juvenile literature.

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