Pterosaur Trouble
Daniel Loxton, illus. by Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith. Kids Can, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55453-632-0
Nature photographs and digital images replicate a prehistoric world in this companion to Ankylosaur Attack, which focuses on the flying pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus. Tense narration follows the dinosaur, as Quetzalcoatlus flies, fishes, and encounters a pack of ferocious Saurornitholestes that attack him: “For every Saurornitholestes knocked aside, two more jumped onto the struggling giant. The exquisite detail of skin, feathers, and scales, in combination with crisp landscape photographs, make these dinos seem remarkably real. Ages 4–7. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 03/11/2013
Genre: Children's