Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The First Dog	Jan Brett	Kip the Cave Boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times; when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.	OL13927W
Mamut Lanudo / Woolly Mammoth	Helen Frost	Not written by Helen Frost	OL15045506W
Prehistoric animals	Daniel Cohen	Discusses more than twenty prehistoric animals, how they were discovered, their modern counterparts, and theories on their extinction.	OL15218618W
The last synapsid	Timothy Mason	Faith, Colorado, doesn't get many visitors. But this spring, a mysterious creature is lurking on the mountain. Fiercer than a mountain lion, it's been hunting pets and leaving their remains scattered…	OL1701628W
From the dinosaurs of the past to the birds of the present	Marianne Johnston	Describes the evolution of dinosaurs and birds and discusses how the two groups may be related.	OL17839509W
Los reptiles primitivos	Andreu Llamas	Focuses on the prehistoric reptiles that emerged from the seas and adapted to life on land.	OL1821772W
They lived with the dinosaurs	Enid Fisher	Describes the various smaller prehistoric creatures that lived alongside the dinosaurs, including early crocodilians, shrewlike mammals, spiders, dragonflies, primitive frogs, and flying reptiles.	OL1898021W
True-life monsters of the prehistoric seas	Enid Fisher	Describes various prehistoric sea creatures that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, including the placodus, mosasaurus, and plesiosaurus.	OL1898022W
Darkwing	Kenneth Oppel,Keith Thompson	As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . . DuskHe alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned — or worse. As the…	OL19337W
Dire wolves	Sara Gilbert	An elementary exploration of dire wolves, focusing on fossil evidence that helps explain how their shaggy hair, strong jaws, and sharp teeth helped these beasts adapt to the last Ice Age.	OL19719430W
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's shadow	James Rollins	Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehi…	OL19877742W
Prehistoric Giants	Matthew Rake	1 online resource :	OL20219518W
Prehistoric animals	David Seymour	A description of the various forms of animal life which existed in prehistoric eras.	OL24688643W
The great prehistoric search	Jane Bingham,Susie McCaffrey	This book is more than just a challenging puzzle book it's also a fascinating look at life on Earth millions of years ago. Each beautifully illustrated double-page spread covers a different period of…	OL26445539W
Life begins	John Stidworthy	Explains what the fossilized remains of prehistoric animals have revealed about early life, from the first sea creatures to the emergence of reptiles.	OL2937836W
Rand McNally picture atlas of prehistoric life	Tim Hayward	Provides a picture of what life was like on earth in prehistoric times, how it evolved, and what can be learned from fossils.	OL4278016W
Flying giants of long ago	John Kaufmann	An introduction to prehistoric animals that flew.	OL4618618W
When dinosaurs disappeared	Rosalie Davidson	Introduces the characteristics and habits of a variety of prehistoric mammals.	OL5593155W
In the Ice Age	J. C. Greenburg	Andrew, Judy, and Thudd have escaped the dinosaurs only to find themselves surrounded by the woolly mammoths of the Ice Age! Can they locate their lost Uncle Al and travel back to their own time befo…	OL5709269W
Giant armadillo	Michael P. Goecke	Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of this prehistoric relative of modern-day armadillos.	OL5958811W