The team that brought us Inside the Whale (1992) strips away the skin and gives us a look at the insides of another group of animals. Ages 7-10.Ĭopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Catchy headlines ("Neck and Neck" "Slash and Gnash") call attention to brief sections focusing on various parts of dinosaur anatomy and containing such engaging bits of dinosaur trivia as the speculation that the stegosaurus may have had a second brain located in its hip region. Small green dinosaurs play the roles of scientists as the processes of discovering, cataloguing and piecing together fossils are described. A great deal of spark and humor help Parker and Dewan connect with their young audience. by Dorling Kindersley, the book bears that company's distinctive design: meticulous cross-section drawings of the creatures dominate each page, while an abundance of supplementary spot art magnifies details much of the breezy yet informative text is presented in extended captions alongside the illustrations.
Parker and Dewan, who collaborated on Inside the Whale and Other Animals, admirably reconstruct prehistoric animals "from the inside out"-in other words, their work starts with a study of bones, turns to internal organs and moves on to "fur and feathers." Originally published in the U.K.
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