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Book 63
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All About
Dinosaurs
by Stanley Francis
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All About Dinosaurs
Author: Stanley Francis
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All About
Dinosaurs
by Stanley Francis
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About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived long, long ago.
No one has ever seen a dinosaur.
But scientists think they know
how dinosaurs looked.
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Scientists want to learn
more about dinosaurs.
They dig up dinosaur bones.
They clean the bones.
Then they put the bones
together like a big puzzle.
The dinosaur bones tell a story.
Scientists use the bones
to find out how the
dinosaurs looked.

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Different Kinds of Dinosaurs

Some dinosaurs were small.
These are the bones of a
small dinosaur.
Scientists think the small
dinosaur looked like this.
It was only as big as a chicken.
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Some dinosaurs were big.

These are the bones of a
very, very big dinosaur.
Scientists think the big dinosaur
looked like this.
It had a very long neck and a
very long tail.
Its tail was longer than
a school bus!
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Some dinosaurs had horns.
This dinosaur had three horns
on its head.
Some dinosaurs had spikes.
This dinosaur had many spikes
on its back.
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What Dinosaurs Ate
Some dinosaurs ate only plants.
Their teeth were f lat.
This dinosaur had f lat teeth.
Some dinosaurs ate meat.
Their teeth were long and sharp.
This dinosaur had lots of
long, sharp teeth.
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Some dinosaurs ate plants.
Some dinosaurs ate meat.
And some dinosaurs ate
other dinosaurs!
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Look at these dinosaur bones.
You can think about the story
they tell!
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