The Plesiosaur’s Neck


Are you searching for an entertaining and vibrant story ebook to assist encourage the subsequent era of younger palaeontologists? With the festive season quick approaching, we advocate “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” written by Dr Adam S. Smith and Jonathan Emmett, with a lot of excellent illustrations by Adam Larkum, a graduate of the Edinburgh Faculty of Artwork.

The Plesiosaur's Neck
“The Plesiosaur’s Neck” by Dr Adam S. Smith and Jonathan Emmett with illustrations by Adam Larkum that explores the query why did plesiosaurs like Poppy the Albertonectes have a protracted neck?

Prehistoric Prose, Puns and Palaeontology

Poppy is an Albertonectes plesiosaur. Her neck is seven metres lengthy! This enjoyable ebook, geared toward younger readers units out to discover among the theories put ahead by scientists as they try to elucidate why some plesiosaurs had super-sized necks.

The rhyming textual content bounces alongside and has been devised to assist younger readers preserve focus and a focus. Alfie the ammonite and Bella the belemnite accompany Poppy on her quest to resolve this palaeontological puzzle and so they chime in with cheeky feedback as Poppy considers whether or not her neck can zap predators with electrical energy, helps her pluck off pesky parasites or permits to sneak up on her dinner.

Poppy what a long neck!
Why did Poppy the Plesiosaur have a protracted neck?

Extremely Praised

Within the aggressive subject of youngsters’s books, “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” has been singled out for reward. For instance, shortly after it was launched it was “Kids’s E book of the Week” in each Books for Retains journal and The Impartial newspaper.

“The Plesiosaur’s Neck” was included in Train Main journal’s “Fifty Fashionable Reads Each Faculty Library Wants” and the ebook was additionally a finalist within the Sparks! Faculty E book Awards.

“The Plesiosaur’s Neck”

When this pleasant ebook was first printed, workforce members at All the pieces Dinosaur had the chance to assessment a replica.

We acknowledged:

“This ebook combines vibrant characters with a cornucopia of enjoyable details. It’s an entertaining exploration of a real palaeontological puzzle.”

“The Plesiosaur’s Neck” is appropriate for ages 5 years plus, this rhyming image ebook has thirty-two pages and is printed by UCLan Publishing.

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The Authors of "The Plesiosaur's Neck"
Dr Adam S. Smith (left) and Jonathan Emmett (proper) the authors of the rhyming image ebook.

Extra Books within the Pipeline

Dr Adam S. Smith instructed All the pieces Dinosaur {that a} second publication was within the pipeline, this time the story would evolve round a dinosaur, a tyrannosaur!

Dr Smith exclaimed:

“We’re excited to be engaged on a observe up ebook, ‘The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers’, to be printed in 2024.”

Within the meantime, in case you are searching for a kids’s ebook as a present thought for the festive season, “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” is extremely really helpful.



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