The most notable change in this revision is the
pictures: bright cray on-colored drawings have replaced the drab
gray and green illustrations of the earlier edition. The
hand-lettered cap tions and the dialogue in balloons have been
slightly enlarged, making them easier to read. Textual changes are
slight; Brontosaurus is now called Apa tosaurus, and some pages
have been combined to streamline the book. Al though the 1981
edition already depict ed both men and women and people of diverse
內容簡介:
How did those enormous dinosaur skeletons get
inside the museum?
Long ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Then,
suddenly, they died out. For thousands of years, no one knew these
giant creatures had ever existed. Then people began finding fossils
-- bones and teeth and footprints that had turned to stone. Today,
teams of experts work together to dig dinosaur fossils out of the
ground, bone by fragile bone. Then they put the skeletons together
again inside museums, to look just like the dinosaurs of millions
of years ago.
關於作者:
Aliki has written and illustrated many books, both fiction and
nonfiction, loved by readers throughout the world. The books were
inspired by a word, an experience, or the desire to find out. Aliki
says, "I''m not so great at pushing buttons, but I know things
happen when you do." Aliki lives in London, England.