![]() Besides the sheer visual impact, the illustrations often highlight features mentioned in the brief text, such as the sharp beak of Protoceratops. A series of foldout pages reveals one complete small dinosaur (Saltopus ), the impressive beak and head of a flying reptile (Dsungaripterus ), and the thick claw of a fish-eating dinosaur (Baryonyx ). A three-inch spiny shark stands out distinctly against a page of white space, while less than half of a giant millipede barely fits across two pages. Cut- and torn-paper figures reveal texture and delicate details, from the long wings of an early dragonfly to the feathered tuft of an eight-foot terror bird. Progressing chronologically from a dot-sized protozoan of 550 million years ago, Jenkins has chosen the animals and the portions of them to depict to great effect. ![]() ![]() The exciting artistic presentation that worked so well in Actual Size (Houghton, 2004) is equally successful when applied to prehistoric creatures. ![]()
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