Overview
Go on a dinosaur adventure with Smithsonian Kids! This collection includes 12 highly engaging illustrated stories featuring popular dinosaur species that can each be read aloud in just 5 minutes. Smithsonian Kids: 5-Minute Dinosaur Tales features captivating stories that bring the prehistoric world to life. From T. rex's action-packed day to a baby Maiasaura growing up, this nonfiction storybook collection includes 12 bite-sized stories that can each be read in 5 minutes. In collaboration with the experts at the Smithsonian, kids will get an up-close look at the lives of popular dinosaur species, as well as learn about fossils and amazing dinosaur discoveries. With realistic and detailed illustrations from renowned paleo-artist Franco Tempesta, kids will be mesmerized by the adventures of these Mesozoic creatures and are sure to revisit these stories over and over again at bedtime or anytime!
Full Product Details
Author: Editors of Silver Dolphin Books ,
Franco Tempesta
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Imprint: Silver Dolphin Books
Dimensions:
Width: 20.10cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 26.80cm
Weight: 0.916kg
ISBN: 9781667207391
ISBN 10: 1667207393
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 04 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
For nearly 20 years, Silver Dolphin Books has published award-winning activity, novelty, and educational nonfiction books for preschoolers to 12-year-olds. Our focus is to create books that engage and inspire children to learn more about the world around them while fostering a love of reading, exploration, and creative expression. From adorably illustrated board books for toddlers, to interactive play and building sets, to sound books made for story time, we develop innovative books that both enlighten and entertain. Franco Tempesta was born in Milan, Italy. Since he was a child, he loved drawing animals, dinosaurs, and dragons. Specializing in naturalistic illustration, in the last ten years he has focused his attention on the realization of realistic images of dinosaurs and primitive mammals. He has collaborated with national and foreign publishers, such as Smithsonian, National Geographic, Random House, Firecrest Publishing, Geoworld, and important advertising agencies of Italy. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Italian Illustrators Association. In April 2014, the Museum of Paleontology of Naples hosted a permanent exhibition dedicated to his illustrations of dinosaurs. Franco Tempesta loves nature, the sea, diving, and traveling.
