Some conflicts between text and pictures aside, this is a likely hit for middle grade browsers and budding paleontologists alike—with read-aloud potential for younger audiences.
Largely if not completely new, this edition of a wide-ranging assemblage of eye-widening facts and photos offers rewarding browsing for readers from middle school on.
As an up-to-date, if utilitarian, resource on a perennially popular topic, this merits consideration for midsize and larger middle and high school collections.