Dinofacts
Illustration of dinosaurs.

Written by Denise Perry, Mary Jo Koizumi, and Linda Bell from the Linden School in Malden, MA

Illustrated by Meg Lidrbauch
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This book is dedicated to the children of Malden.

 

 

 

Special thanks to the Massachusetts Department of Education whose funding supported teachers and parents in the development of this story. © CAST, 2006

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Illustration of dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs lived on the Earth millions of years ago.
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Illustration of an elasmosaurus and a tyrannosaurus.
Some lived in the ocean but most dinosaurs lived on land.
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Illustration of a giganotosaurus.
Dinosaurs were reptiles.  Most of them had scaly skin, a long tail, teeth, and claws on their fingers and toes.
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Illustration of a seismosaurus and a tyrannosaurus.
Scientists have different opinions on which dinosaur was the biggest.  Was the seismosaurus or the tyrannosaurus the biggest?
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Illustration of a compsognathus and a lesothosaurus.

Scientists have different opinions on which dinosaur was the smallest. 

Was the smallest dinosaur the Compsognathus or the Lesothosaurus?
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Illustration of a stegosaurus, an pteranodon, and a velociraptor.
Some dinosaurs were fast runners and others were slow walkers.  Some dinosaurs were able to fly.
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Illustration of a diplodocus and a triceratops.
What did dinosaurs eat?  Most dinosaurs were herbivores.  They ate plants.
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Illustration of a megalosaurus and an allosaurus.
A few dinosaurs were carnivores.  They ate meat.
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Illustration of an albertosaurus and an ankylosaurus.
Dinosaurs protected themselves from enemies in different ways.
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Illustration of a tyrannosaurus.
The Tyrannosaurus had long fangs and claws.
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Illustration of an ankylosaurus.
The Ankylosaurus was protected by body armor.
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Illustration of a barosaurus.
The Barosaurus had a huge, strong tail that was used like a whip.
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Illustration of a scientist digging up dinosaur bones.
How do we know so much about dinosaurs?  Scientists find and study fossils.
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Illustration of dinosaur bones.
Dinosaur fossils are remains of their teeth, bones, and footprints that scientists find when they dig in the ground.
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Illustration of a pteranoden, seismosaurus, and albertosaurus.
Dinosaurs no longer live on the Earth.  They disappeared 65 million years ago.  They are extinct.
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The End!
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