<DIV>To keep up with the fast pace of dinosaur research, this popular volume has been fully updated with stunning new illustrations. Since the publication of the second edition nine years ago, at least 120 new finds have been made. The third edition features 38 dinosaurs, including <I>T. rex </I>and other favorites—plus 12 of the most exciting and important discoveries of the past decade, such as <I>Guanlong</I>, a 10-foot-long feathered meat eater from China; <I>Falcarius</I>, a fuzzy plant eater from Utah; and <I>Agustinia</I>, a plant eater with a series of strange plates and spikes running down its back. Throughout the book, new illustrations update the science of the previous edition. Young readers' perennial questions about how fossils were formed are answered through a groundbreaking illustration approach never before seen in a juvenile book. A strange and exciting journey back in time to the amazing Age of Dinosaurs.</div>