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paleontology

Books about paleontology for readers of all ages.

Cover of A mysterious egg

A mysterious egg

Stacy McAnulty

Ages 7–11discoveryadventure

Cover of A Dinosaur Named Sue

A Dinosaur Named Sue

Fay Robinson with the SUE Science Team of The Field Museum, Fay Robinson

Ages 5–10sciencediscovery

Cover of Mr. Peale's bones

Mr. Peale's bones

Tracey West

Ages 8–12discoverypaleontology

Cover of Tyrannosaurus Model

Tyrannosaurus Model

Anael Dena, Regis Arous

Ages 4–8dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of I am a tyrannosaurus

I am a tyrannosaurus

Karen Wallace

Ages 4–8perspectivedinosaurs

Cover of The fossil hunt

The fossil hunt

Anastasia Suen, Marie Allen

Ages 4–8discoveryscience

Cover of The illustrated encyclopedia of prehistoric life

The illustrated encyclopedia of prehistoric life

Dougal Dixon

Ages 7–13dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of Dinosaurs alive and well

Dinosaurs alive and well

Laurene Krasny Brown

Ages 4–8health and wellnesshygiene

Cover of Mammoth

Mammoth

Jill Baguchinsky

Ages 13–18self-confidencepaleontology

Cover of The great whale of Kansas

The great whale of Kansas

Jennings, Richard W.

Ages 8–12discoverycuriosity

Cover of Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard?

Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard?

Melvin Berger

Ages 5–10dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of Prehistoric Life (DK Eyewitness)

Prehistoric Life (DK Eyewitness)

William Lindsay

Ages 7–12scienceevolution

Cover of Dinosaur Dig!

Dinosaur Dig!

Susan Heinrichs Gray

Ages 5–8sciencediscovery

Cover of Dino-Mike and Dinosaur Doomsday

Dino-Mike and Dinosaur Doomsday

Franco Aureliani, Eduardo Garcia

Ages 7–11dinosaursadventure

Cover of Ice Age Sabertooth

Ice Age Sabertooth

Hehner, Barbara Hehner

Ages 4–8prehistoric animalspaleontology

Cover of Life Story

Life Story

Virginia Lee Burton

Ages 5–10natural historyevolution

Cover of My life with the dinosaurs

My life with the dinosaurs

Stephen Czerkas

Ages 8–14paleontologydinosaurs

Cover of Footprints in the swamp

Footprints in the swamp

Marie Halun Bloch

Ages 8–12mysterydiscovery

Cover of The tooth

The tooth

Des Hunt

Ages 8–12adventuredinosaurs

Cover of What is a dinosaur?

What is a dinosaur?

Niki Walker, Bobbie Kalman

Ages 4–10dinosaursprehistoric life

Cover of The dinosaur footprints and Roland T. Bird

The dinosaur footprints and Roland T. Bird

Brooke Hartzog

Ages 6–10dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of Tracking tyrannosaurs

Tracking tyrannosaurs

Christopher Sloan

Ages 6–12dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of Jurassic Park InstituteTM Dinosaur Field Guide

Jurassic Park InstituteTM Dinosaur Field Guide

Thomas R. Holtz

Ages 7–14dinosaurspaleontology

Cover of Dinosaurs growing up in the Cretaceous

Dinosaurs growing up in the Cretaceous

Matteo Bacchin

Ages 5–10dinosaursgrowth