Birdlike Dinosaurs! Small Therapods and Prehistoric Birds

Is it true that some dinosaurs had feathers? Are dinosaurs related to the birds of today? In Birdlike Dinosaurs! Small Theropods and Prehistoric Birds, students get a fact-filled introduction to the small theropods: the turkey-like Compsognathus, the swift and sharp-toothed Velociraptor, the feathery Archaeopteryx, and many more. Readers will learn about how dinosaur feathers differed from bird feathers and join in the debate tracing the origins of birds millions and millions of years ago.Did some dinosaurs have feathers? Were all dinosaurs huge like the tyrannosaurus, long-necked like the brachiosaurus, or spiked like the stegosaurus? Meet fierce, birdlike, armored, and giant dinosaurs from hundreds of millions of years ago! Colorful and scientifically accurate illustrations paired with intriguing facts will be sure to captivate your kids in grades 4-8. World Books four-volume Dinosaurs! series explains the origins and features of more than 100 types of dinosaurs.