Product Description: What sort of learning goes on in the literature classroom? Michael Benton's concerns are to theorize the practice of literature teaching and to extend the English teacher's remit to encompass aspects of the visual arts, especially those of painting and picture books...read more

Surveys the complex development and evolution of mammals--from the very first of them to humans and the earliest modern mammals

Product Description: An introductory text providing a readable and up-to-date treatment of the history of vertebrates. Based on the author's combined teaching and research, the book provides a unified account of the whole range of vertebrate groups and presents new lines of research in palaeobiology and phylogeny...read more

Covers the entire range of prehistoric reptiles, including the evolution of flying, ruling, and marine reptiles, as well as their characteristics, habits, and habitats

An account of our current knowledge of these most elusive beasts that describes the paleontological techniques used to find and examine fossils

A comprehensive work for budding saurian specialists explores all areas of dinosaur life and possible reasons for their extinction

An alphabetical illustrated guide to some of the prehistoric creatures from millions of years ago.

Covers the Albertosaurus, the Zephyrosaurus, and everything in-between by a picture and a chart with key information about the animal's eating habits, environment, physical characteristics, and much more

Product Description: This volume brings together the work of zoologists and palaeontologists from Europe and America who are actively involved in the higher-order systematics of tetrapods (land vertebrates). The relationships and patterns of evolution of the tetrapods are currently much debated, and some key areas of concern are highlighted here...read more

Product Description: This book, with "Volume 1 - amphibians, reptiles, birds", brings together a collection of articles presenting an overview on the current debate on the relationships and patterns of evolution of the tetrapods (land vertebrates). The contributors, who are zoologists and palaeontologists from both sides of the Atlantic working on the higher-order systematics of tetrapods, have applied the techniques of cladistic analysis to morphological and molecular data with a view to resolving the phylogenetic patterns in more detail than has previously been possible...read more

Discusses evolution and the age of the Earth, describes the animals present during each geological era, and looks at past mass extinctions

Looks at the natural habitat and the hunting and fighting techniques of the now extinct species of dinosaurs

A guide to dinosaurs, each with a description of how, where, and when it lived, plus the latest information about its size, diet, and evolutionary significance