Wow in the world Dinosaurs are wow! : a roaring thunder of prehistoric wonder

Mindy Thomas

Book - 2025

"Take a trip back in time with Mindy and Guy in this highly illustrated and hilarious tour of prehistoric Earth. Visit a world filled with colossal creatures, dense jungles, and explosive volcanos. Uncover the ancient secrets of the past by piecing together fossilized clues. Pack your bags for a tour of Paleozoic Park: a bonkerballs (and scientifically accurate) theme park based on one of the most explosive times in our planet's history. And get ready to rumble with smackdowns involving some of the greatest dino matchups of all time! Packed with eye-popping illustrations, quizzes, jokes, facts, and more, this book is your ticket to a roaring adventure through time!"--

Saved in:
2 being processed
Coming Soon
Subjects
Genres
miscellanies
Informational works
Illustrated works
Instructional and educational works
Trivia and miscellanea
Documents d'information
Ouvrages illustrés
Matériel d'éducation et de formation
Miscellanées
Published
New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Mindy Thomas (author)
Other Authors
Guy Raz (author), Mike Centeno (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Online Access
View cover image provided by Mackin
Physical Description
159 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience
09-12.
04-07.
Bibliography
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN
9780358697084
  • Introduction: Welcome to Dinosaurs Are Wow!
  • Part I. The Story of Earth
  • Mesozoic World Traveler
  • Deep Time
  • Welcome to Paleozoic Park!
  • The Ice Ages
  • Interstitial: Almost Human
  • Part II. Fossils
  • Dino Hunting
  • Prehistoric Puzzle Masters
  • How a Fossil Becomes a Fossil
  • Six Paths to Becoming a Fossil
  • MVFs: Most Valuable Fossils!
  • Fossils Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Tips for Amateur Paleontologists
  • Dino Hot Spots
  • Interstitial: Guess That Ancestor!
  • Part III. Dinosaurs
  • What in the World Is a Dinosaur, Anyway?!
  • QUIZ: Are You a Dinosaur?
  • The Dino Family Tree
  • I Want a Dinosaur as a Pet!
  • The Care and Feeding of Dinosaurs
  • Build Your Own Herbivore and Carnivore
  • The Great Dino Egg Hunt
  • Baby Dino Facts
  • Hello, My Name Is...
  • Dinosaur Smackdown!
  • Danger Dinos: The Deadliest Predators of Prehistory
  • Long in the Tooth
  • Dino Tails!
  • The Wow Awards: Dino Edition
  • Dinopolitan: Long Necks
  • Interstitial: Meet a Bird!
  • Part IV. What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
  • Bonkerballs Theories!
  • A Prehistoric Investigation
  • The Chicxulub Asteroid: By the Numbers
  • Asteroid Timeline
  • Rise of the Mammals
  • Interstitial: Reggie the Dino
  • Part V. Other Prehistoric Creatures
  • Megafauna!
  • Ruling the Skies
  • Not a Dinosaur? Prove It!
  • Celebrity Sighting: The Quetzalcoatlus
  • The Prehistoric Sea Creatures Who Really Made a Splash
  • Mammoth Salon
  • What Makes You Different Makes You Beautiful
  • Interstitial: Dino Jobs
  • The Future of Exploring the Past
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography and Recommended Reading
  • Recommended Listening
  • Source Notes
  • Photo Credits
  • Index
  • The Thank You Page
Review by Kirkus Book Review

A peppy pair of podcasters take readers back in time for prehistoric treats, ranging from exciting dino smackdowns to an interview with an argumentative chicken. Constant and voluble presences themselves in the cartoon illustrations, the charismatic couple squire young fans past a dazzling array of dinosaurs and dino-adjacent creatures from pterosaurs to giant sharks while strewing the quick-turn pages with (sometimes literally) mind-blowing facts. Beginning 4.5 billion years ago with our planet's birth, the tour moves through successive zones of "Paleozoic Park," past the "Big Kaboom" of the Permian Extinction, to a "family reunion" of early humans and prehumans. Once the big picture has been laid out, it's on to discussions of fossils from footprints to feces, and then to a flood of mini-features including galleries of dino eggs, modern fossils that sold for eye-watering sums, dinosaurs with goofy names likeDracorex hogwartsia, and such particularly toothy prehistoric predators as Spinosaurus (which "swims with the sharks and eats them too"). A final posting of "Dino-Jobs" offers career alternatives to paleontology for dinosaur lovers, while the backmatter features not only recommended reading, a large glossary, and comprehensive source notes for all the factual content, but also two pages of QR codes leading to relevant podcast episodes. Full-throttle fun, with a solid foundation of fact. (index, photo credits)(Nonfiction. 6-10) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.