Weird But True! Dinosaurs: 300 Dino-Mite Facts to Sink Your Teeth Into

Weird but True! Topics

by National Geographic Kids

Weird But True! is going prehistoric! This new addition to the wildly popular, mind-blowing, fact-packed series is taking on the jaws and claws that ruled the Mesozoic world.

Calling all dino dynamos! Get ready to devour wacky wonders, facts, stats, and trivia about all things dinosaur. Did you know that the T. rex had vision 13 times better than the average human's? Or that people collect fossilized dino poop? And get this: There's a dinosaur named after Hogwarts--Harry Potter's wizarding school! Get ready to meet dinosaurs with horns and feathers, razor-sharp claws and gigantic teeth. You'll encounter the places they lived, the bizarre art they inspired, and the amazing paleontologists who discovered them.

Genres: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs, Animals

208 pages, Paperback

Published March 17, 2020

About the author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.

Reviews

[H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Were there a lot of dino facts in this book? Yes. Some of them seemed lazy: "This dinosaur was a as big as a house," etc.; rather than "This dinosaur was 12344 feet, bigger than two houses on end." Overall, it was a quick read of a subject most find fascinating.

[Melissa Botelho · Rating 5 out of 5]

This compact paperback book is easily to taken anywhere to read. I love learning new things and challenging my brain so this book is fascinating.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cute.

[Karina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to Grant - took me hours, so I'm counting it as a book read for this year!
I thought it was good - - HE thought it was AMAZING. Probably going to get him a copy.

[Mina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing so fun