U GOTTA READ THIS.Byline: -Diana McKeon Charkalis Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water, here comes ``Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters This article is about the BBC television program. For the legendary creatures, see Sea monster. Sea Monsters was a BBC television program which used computer-generated imagery to show past life in Earth's seas. .'' This pop-up book Noun 1. pop-up book - a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened pop-up by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart (Candlewick can·dle·wick n. 1. The wick of a candle. 2. a. A soft heavy cotton thread similar to that used to make wicks for candles. b. Embroidery made of tufts of this thread. Press; $27.99) features more than 35 prehistoric underwater creatures. There's the awesome 50-ton megalodon, with jaws wide enough to swallow a hippo whole! And the carnivorous car·niv·o·rous adj. 1. Of or relating to carnivores. 2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird. 3. mosasaur mo·sa·saur n. Any of various very large extinct aquatic lizards of the genus Mosasaurus, having modified limbs that served as paddles for swimming. , which slithered like an eel through the water, attacking anything it could find with its razor-sharp teeth. The book also takes a look at paleontologists' discoveries as well as work done by regular folks. That includes 19th-century junior fossil hunter Mary Anning, who supported her family by selling old bones and is the inspiration for the rhyme ``She sells seashells by the seashore.'' Packed with fascinating facts, the book may prove most interesting for kids 7 and up. But even those as young as 4 or 5, especially hard-to-scare monster fans, will be in awe of these creatures literally leaping off the pages. Available in bookstores and at www.candlewick.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (book: ``Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters'') |
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