Recommended Paleontology Books

I often get asked to recommend books for budding young paleontologists. This first group are books that are appropriate for young children (elementary school age or younger) who are interested in dinosaurs. All of these will make great gifts for the young paleontologist in your life.

• Michael Benton, The Dinosaur Encyclopedia, Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon and Schuster), 1984
• Michael Benton, Dinosaur and Other Prehistoric Animal Fact Finder, Kingfisher, 1992
• Michael and Caroline Carroll, Dinosaurs: Exploring the Scientific Mysteries of God's Creation, Cook Communications, 2000
• 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, Children's Chronicle of Dinosaurs, Studio Editions, 1993
• 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
• Kenneth Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner (eds) Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, 1994
• John Cohagrandes and Larry Felder, In the Presence of Dinosaurs, Time Life Books, 2000
• Lowell Dingus and Timothy Rowe, The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997
• Dougal Dixon, Amazing Dinosaurs, Boyds Mills Press, 2000
• Dougal Dixon (editor), The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988
• Peter Dodson, The Horned Dinosaurs, Princeton University Press, 1996
• 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
• Alan Feduccia, The Origin and Evolution of Birds, Yale University Press, 1999
• Tim Gardom and Angela Milner, The Book of Dinosaurs: The Natural History Museum Guide, Carlton Books Ltd, 1998
• Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. and Michael Brett-Surman, Jurassic Park Institute Dinosaur Field Guide, Random House 2001
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