Dinosaur Science

Danny and Lin never say no to adventure, so when Danny’s spy camera captures a tiny dinosaur crashing into Lin’s helmet during her skateboarding tryouts they know they have to investigate. But even they weren't prepared for a secret laboratory filled with amazing inventions (including the Shrink-a-Fier and the Expand-o-matic 2) and astonishing discoveries (Triceratops are not fond of the color red!).

Velociraptor was a scrappy scavenger. Did you know it was only about the size of a chicken? Learn about what scientists know about velociraptors in the 21st century. Other helpful features make this an interesting and informative look at a fascinating creature!

What if the neighborhood cat had teeth that measured a foot long? Saber-tooth cats have been extinct for thousands of years, but once upon a time they were the predators of their neighborhoods. Learn more about the different types of these ancient felines with critical thinking questions and more.

Imagine being liquid enough to fool around with the building blocks of life just to create a park full of zombies to cash in on the general public's infatuation with the undead. Now imagine, as it often does, something going wrong with that concept and zombies ruining the world for everybody. Next, imagine dinosaurs returning to prominence in a Planet of the Apes-type scenario and evolving so they fill all the roles we humans did before the fall of the species. So our story begins. A group of dino-commandos are sent in to uncover the fate of their missing colleagues....

Philipp und Anne trauen ihren Augen nicht, als sie im Wald ein verborgenes Baumhaus entdecken. Gespannt klettern sie die lange Strickleiter nach oben. Was für ein toller Ausblick! Doch plötzlich beginnt sich das Baumhaus zu drehen. Schneller und schneller! Dann ist alles still. Aber Philipp und Anne sind nicht mehr da, wo sie vorher waren. Sie sind im Tal der Dinosaurier.

William liebt Weihnachten über alles. Doch seinen größten Wunsch kann niemand erfüllen: einen echten Dinosaurier. Da hat er die Rechnung aber ohne die Wichtel am Nordpol gemacht, die tief im Eis ein geheimnisvolles Ei entdecken. Der Weihnachtsmann persönlich brütet es aus. Zur Verblüffung aller schlüpft ein kleiner Dino: der Weihnachtosaurus! Als er und William sich in der Weihnachtsnacht begegnen, erleben sie nicht nur ein fantastisches, zum Brüllen komisches Abenteuer, sondern auch, was es heißt, seinem Herzen zu folgen - selbst wenn man dabei im Rollstuhl sitzt.

"Are we there yet"? Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride - and after listening to this astonishingly inventive new audiobook, you'll never look at being bored the same way again. Let's face it: Everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this audiobook, a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward - into the time of pirates! Of princesses! Of dinosaurs!

Sheils is very pleased with her perfectly controlled life (controlling others while she's at it). She's smart, powerful, the student body chair, and she even has a loving boyfriend. What more could a girl ask for? But everything changes when the first-ever interspecies transfer student, a pterodactyl named Pyke, enrolls at her school. There's something about him - something primal - that causes the students to lose control whenever he's around.

Davy Ross was staying with his grandmother and just about to celebrate his 11th birthday when he received word that his parents, paleontologists for the Natural History Museum, were missing and believed dead on an expedition in Africa. A few days later, a trunk containing his parents' personal effects arrive and in that trunk, Davy finds what appears to be some kind of egg. Assuming it was similar to one of the many fossils his parents had brought back from their digs, Davy sets it on a shelf along with his other dinosaur memorabilia.

The human species is relatively new to the planet in geologic terms. With origins reaching back only a few million years, the rise of humans from primate ancestors is a remarkable evolutionary success story. Early Humans traces the beginnings of the human species, its success and adaptability, and the development of such innovations as human language and culture.

In the history of life on this planet, 99.9 percent of all species have gone extinct. But a few have survived almost unchanged. Author Rebecca E. Hirsch introduces listeners to six living fossils, including the chambered nautilus, the horseshoe crab with its sticky blue blood, and venomous platypuses that sting, as well as a comprehensive explanation of evolution and extinction for listeners who may not be familiar with the terms yet.

Triceratops is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, but you might not know everything about this dinosaur...for example, did you know it had a birdlike beak? This book can help listeners become Triceratops experts! Lively, age-appropriate text helps young listeners build nonfiction skills, while other great features make this book informative and accessible.

One day at recess, Rappy the dinosaur gets taken by aliens on a UFO ride. The head alien, Janet, wants Rappy to live with her - on Mars! Will Rappy stay in space to roam, or will he rap his way back home?

Los dinosaurios, las criaturas más formidables de la Tierra, se desvanecieron hace ya sesenta y seis millones de años, pero siguen siendo uno de los misterios más intrigantes de todos los tiempos. En Auge y caída de los dinosaurios, el paleontólogo Steve Brusatte repasa la evolución de estos extraordinarios seres mientras nos hace partícipes de sus apasionantes expediciones alrededor del mundo y sus recientes descubrimientos, que ponen en entredicho todo cuanto creíamos saber sobre la evolución de los dinosaurios.

Charlie’s problems have gotten monstrously big...There's a thief in town, and all signs point to 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie's principal decides that all he needs is a little discipline, so they make him join the swim team. The only problem is, Charlie is terrified of the water. (He's terrified of a lot of things). Charlie and his friends vow to apprehend the real criminal and clear Charlie's name.

This full-cast audio movie invites you to travel with Professor Challenger to a secluded South American plateau...deep in the Amazon jungle...where no civilized man dares to go...and where dinosaurs still roam! This is the original terrifying adventure tale, as spawned by the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the man who gave the world Sherlock Holmes.

On a zoology expedition up the Amazon, Professor Challenger has made an inexplicable discovery. Back in London, his claims are ridiculed throughout the professional community. Reluctantly, he recounts to Journalist Edward Malone, "Curupuri is the spirit of the woods, something terrible, something malevolent, something to be avoided. None can describe its shape or nature, but it is a word of terror along the Amazon. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was."

Imagine a far-away planet where dinosaur type creatures still exist. But they have grown to be quite clever and have some of the habits and ways of humans. This is a story of how some of them live and play together, some of them are cute and some are silly, and there are a couple of rather scary ones. Dapzie and Daffy and their kids, Billy and Milly, are the main characters in this strange and funny tale.

The annual talent show is coming up at Roxy and Dexter’s school. Roxy and the all the other dinosaurs have brilliant talents to show off, from hula-hooping to roller-skating. But Dexter the dinocorn doesn’t feel like he has any talents. With a little help from Roxy, he learns that being a good friend and listener is actually the most important talent of all.

Taken from her home at a young age, Mai Changying is isolated and trained for life in the arena, competing on the backs of stampeding triceratops and other great beasts resurrected from millions of years in the past. But under her timberwolf tattoo and the ferocity of her competitive spirit, she has a secret desire - a longing for a pack, a family, a people.