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Robert T. Bakker
“My job is to dig up fossil bones and figure out how dinosaurs lived. I think it’s the best job in the universe.”—Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Dr. Robert T. Bakker is a paleontologist and works with the Wyoming Dinosaur International Society and the author of the children’s books Raptor Pack and Maximum Triceratops.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I DIG RAPTORS
I dig raptors. Every week I climb into my truck with a couple of friends and a dog named Pepper and drive to Wyoming to dig Jurassic dinosaurs for two or three days. We specialize in meat-eaters. We’ve excavated the Big Three of Jurassic predators: (1)... Read More
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Dactyls! Dragons of the Air
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Luis Rey
Hardcover Library Binding
Dactyls. Flying Dragons. Pterodactylus. Whatever you call them, they are simply wonderful! Renowned paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker explains how scientists observe fossils and living animals to determine how dactyls flew, walked, climbed, fed, and thought. Also included for the first time ever is his latest, still-unnamed discovery–an unusual dactyl with... Read More
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Dactyls! Dragons of the Air
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Luis Rey
Trade Paperback
Dactyls. Flying Dragons. Pterodactylus. Whatever you call them, they are simply wonderful! Renowned paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker explains how scientists observe fossils and living animals to determine how dactyls flew, walked, climbed, fed, and thought. Also included for the first time ever is his latest, still-unnamed discovery–an unusual dactyl with... Read More
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Dino Babies!
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Luis V. Rey
Trade Paperback
Were Dinosaurs good parents? Were newly hatched dinos left to fend for themselves, like baby turtles? Or were they protected until they were fully grown, like baby eagles? Citing specific examples from the fossil record and making comparisons with living animals, renowned paleontologist Robert T. Bakker explains to young readers how... Read More
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Dinosaurs!
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Luis Rey
Trade Paperback
Dinosaurs! follows the evolution of these spectacular creatures from their earliest beginnings as little fellows who had to evade attacks from giant croc relatives to today’s living dinosaurs. Read More
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Prehistoric Monsters!
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Luis V. Rey
Trade Paperback
A super-simple introduction to prehistoric animals, from the first weird and wonderful life forms on Earth to the earliest Ice Age humans–and much, much more. Read More
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Raptor Pack
Written by Dr. Robert T. Bakker
Illustrated by Mike Skrepnick
Trade Paperback
Paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells the amazing story of a day in the life of a pack of Deinonychus
(a.k.a.“raptor”) dinosaurs. Readers follow the creatures as they single out, kill, and devour an injured tenontosaur; climb up into a tree; fall asleep; and are themselves stalked by a giant predator. Includes... Read More
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