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Desert Dinosaurs

Discovering Prehistoric Sites in the American Southwest

Anthony D. Fredericks

Family-friendly adventures that bring the past to life!

Desert Dinosaurs is one of the few books to combine literary adventure with the possibility of hands-on discovery. Its focus is on a nonscientist’s discoveries about the dinosaurs that frequented Arizona and New Mexico’s prehistoric lands, and it off ers readers the encouragement and provides them the opportunity to make their own discoveries at those sites where they can actively participate.

This sourcebook for scientific discovery is stuff ed full of incredible facts and compelling data. Desert Dinosaurs off ers readers insights, observations, and spirited examinations of the natural world.

Anthony Fredericks is the author of some 120 books and more than 400 articles. He has been an educator for 40 years and has worked with students of all ages, from elementary school through college. Fredericks currently teaches at York College in York, PA.



June 2012
$16.95 (Can. $18.00)
978-0-88150-998-4
6x9, 256 pages, b&W photos throughout

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