Tracking Tyrannosaurs: Meet T. Rex's Fascinating Family, from Tiny Terrors to Feathered Giants

This book highlights a newly discovered T. rex relative in China with a coat of downy feathers! This one-ton predator is the largest known animal to ever have walked the Earth. This discovery was made public in April 2012, and is a timely addition that sets this book apart from other dinosaur titles.

We meet 19 kinds of tyrannosaurs--including seven new species discovered in the last two years--that came before T. rex. The names are strange, like Bistahieversor and Zhuchengtyrannus. The creatures were strange, too, and many of the newly discovered ones caught scientists by surprise.

Filled with engaging, lifelike illustrations by Xing Lida, Tracking Tyrannosaurs explains to kids how T. rex, the most famous, ferocious dinosaur of all-time was only one of many tyrannosaurs that lived on Earth for over 100 million years!

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Published: 09/24/2013
ISBN: 9781426313745
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.60w x 0.40d
Award: Garden State Children's Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 11/15/2013 pg. 34
School Library Journal 12/01/2013 pg. 150
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 152 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 163103 / Tracking Tyrannosaurs: Meet T. Rex's Fascinating Family, from Tiny Terrors to Feathered Giants
Reading Level: 7.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1