The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life

This book has it all. Best of all it's made for the layman without all that heavy duty dry and boring science jargon. In this book. You will get a very general overview of the history of prehistoric life Some things you will explore 1) Sea arthropods of the early post Cambrian era. Monster sea scorpions bigger than humans. 2) Massive predatory fish of the Devonian era. Fish who ate Sharks!!!!!!!!!!! 3) World of man sized insects... Read Full Review

This is a great book. It features 111 of the animals from the BBC's famous "walking with" series. Unlike other books about prehistoric animals, it has realistic illustrations. The "walking with" series is about prehistoric life that lived millions of years ago. It has many episodes. My favorite is Walking With Prehistoric Beasts which is about life in the Cenozoic era. Though the book features most animals from the "walking... Read Full Review

After watching the Walking With... series and reading the books that correspond to the documentaries, this book sums it all up into one book. They take almost every animal from the series and gives them each a page or two about that certain animal. They even take animals from the Walking With... specials as well so those programs are important too since they cover animals that the original series do not. This book is a must-have... Read Full Review

I am a freak when it comes to palentology and geology. I may only be in middle school but I know what I'm talking about. I'm in a gifted program. this was very interesting. if you like this type of stuff and want an easy to read book. this is for you. I would recomend this book to anyone even if you know nothing on the subject.

I bought this book after seeing the Walking with Monsters program on Discovery and have been much impressed with it. The book itself is an encyclopedia of prehistoric life but the authors seem to have taken care not to bias it too much towards the dinosaurs (a failing of other prehistoric guides). Instead they cover a range of animals from around 550 million years to the present day. The book is broekn into three sections... Read Full Review