Recommended Paleontology Books


© Beverly Eschberger

I often get asked to recommend books for budding young paleontologists; and with the holidays upon us, this question comes up a lot!

The first group are books that are appropriate for young children (elementary school age or younger) who are interested in dinosaurs.

Michael Benton, The Dinosaur Encyclopedia, Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon and Schuster), 1984

Michael Benton, Dinosaur and Other Prehistoric Animal Fact Finder, Kingfisher, 1992

Daniel Cohen, Dinosaur Discovery: Facts, Fossils, and Fun!, Puffin Books (Penguin Group), 1998

Eyewitness Books, Dinosaur, Alfred A. Knopf (Dorling Kindersley Publishing) 1989

Sylvia Funston, The Dinosaur Question and Answer Book, Little, Brown and Company, 1992

Patricia Lauber, The News About Dinosaurs, Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon and Schuster), 1989

William Lindsay, On the Trail of Incredible Dinosaurs, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1998

Angela Milner, Dinosaurs, Time Life Books, 1995

Mary Packard, Dinosaurs, Simon and Schuster, 1981

Barbara Taylor, The Really Deadly and Dangerous Dinosaur and Other Monsters of the Prehistoric World, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1997

Philip Whitfield, Children's Guide to Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals, Simon and Schuster, 1992

Angela Wilkes, The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1993

The following is a list of books from my own collection that would be useful to future paleontologists in middle school or older, younger paleontologists might need some help with the big words from Mom and Dad.

R. McNeill Alexander, Bones: The Unity of Form and Function, Macmillan, Inc, 1994

Dougal Dixon (editor), The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988

Niles Eldredge, Fossils: The Evolution and Extiction of Species, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1991

Eyewitness Visual Dictionary, The Visual Dictionary of Dinosaurs, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc, 1993

Alan Feduccia, The Age of Birds, Harvard University Press, 1980

Tim Gardom and Angela Milner, The Book of Dinosaurs: The Natural History Museum Guide, Carlton Books Ltd, 1998

John R. Horner and Don Lessem, The Complete T. rex: How stunning new discoveries are changing our understanding of the world's most famous dinosaur, Simon and Schuster, 1993

John R. Horner and James Gorman, Digging Dinosaurs: The search that unraveled the mystery of baby dinosaurs, Workman Publishing, 1988

Louis Jacobs, Lone Star Dinosaurs, Texas A&M Press, 1995

Louis Jacobs, Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World, Villard Books, 1993

David Lambert, The Ultimate Dinosaur Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc, 1993

Martin Lockley, Tracking Dinosaurs: A new look at an ancient world, University of Cambridge Press, 1991

David Norman, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Crescent Books, 1985

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