A New Book All About Theropod Dinosaurs

At Everything Dinosaur, we do all we can to encourage children with their reading.  Books open doors and in our job we get the opportunity to read and review a huge range of science books all about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.  We occasionally get asked to review fictional tales about dinosaurs, especially ones aimed at young readers.  Recently, the publishing team at the Natural History Museum asked us to provide a precis and review of a new book all about dinosaurs entitled “The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs The Theropods”.  This book was originally published in Spanish, but now it has been translated into a number of other languages.

The Front Cover of “The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”

Teaching About Dinosaurs

When team members visit schools to deliver dinosaur and fossil themed workshops to classes, we discuss our work and the contribution we make to the publishing industry.  The children are most excited about this, especially when we mention that we get lots of free books!

To read our review of “The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs The Theropods”: A Review of the New Dinosaur Book (May 2019) “The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”.

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An Inspiring School Thought for the Week

Whilst on a visit to a primary school to deliver a series of dinosaur and fossil themed workshops, an Everything Dinosaur team member spotted an inspiring thought for the week, a quotation from Sir David Attenborough.  Recently, the nonagenarian, naturalist and broadcaster has done a great deal to highlight global warming and climate change and the potential impact on our own species.  Posted up around the school and present in all the classrooms our staff member visited, was this quotation, helping to focus minds and to raise awareness.

Sir David Attenborough Provides an Inspirational Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week

The quotation from Sir David reads:

“Cherish the natural world, because you’re a part of it and you depend on it.”

For the senior leadership team within a school, the publishing of a thought for the week, or even a thought for the day, should not become merely a routine.  Such a policy, at its best, should provide the starting point for debate and conversation, helping to trigger the pupil’s thinking processes and to permit reflection.  Staff too can play an important role as reflective practitioners helping to shape the debate and discussion.  Such inspirational thoughts can promote change and a re-thinking of attitudes.

Posting up comments from leading thinkers can provide the stimulus for conversations about fundamental issues affecting us all.  On this topic, one of our favourite quotations is from Nelson Mandela:

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Young activists such as Greta Thunberg are helping to change attitudes and to shape thinking.  The next generation has a key role to play in shaping our relationship with the natural world and the use of a thought for the week policy in the school brings issues to the fore and promotes involvement in the wider debate.

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Everything Dinosaur Gets a Trade Mark

The Everything Dinosaur company has been granted a trade mark for its brand.  The granting of this trade mark status has meant that team members have had to update a number of images used on the Everything Dinosaur websites and social media pages.  For example, the company logo featured in the header area of this dinosaurs for schools site now has the symbol ® attached to it. An image of the Everything Dinosaur trademark has been reproduced below.

Everything Dinosaur Has Successfully Applied for a Trade Mark

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What is a Trade Mark?

What is a trade mark?  How does this affect a company?  A trade mark is a sign that helps to distinguish the origin of goods and services from those of other companies.  For example, the logo demonstrates that the sales related to prehistoric animals and such like, that are the core business activities of Everything Dinosaur, come from this organisation.  A trade mark can take a variety of forms, it can be symbol, it can take the form of words, smells, logos, sounds, colours or a combination of the above.  However, the trade mark needs to be distinctive and acceptable.  The Everything Dinosaur trade mark is yet another indication of our long-term commitment to the market place.

The Everything Dinosaur Trade Mark

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“As a small, British company getting trade mark status is important to us, it provides a degree of protection for our business as well as providing assurance to our customer base with regards to our commitment to the market.”

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A New Book About Dinosaurs – “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs”

Everything Dinosaur has been sent a new book about prehistoric animals for them to review.  The book is entitled “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”.  Written by Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi, the book focuses on the Theropoda, a suborder of the Dinosauria, perhaps the most diverse and speciose of all the dinosaur suborders.

The Front Cover of the “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”

Picture credit: Natural History Museum (London)

The Theropoda (Beast Feet)

In this beautifully illustrated book, the focus is very much on the Theropoda (beast feet).  Theropod dinosaurs ruled the planet from millions of years, ranging from the some of the smallest dinosaurs known to science to the mighty carnivores such as Allosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex.  Crammed full of colour reconstructions and illustrations with vivid, user-friendly graphics and text, this book is a great addition to the book collection of dinosaur fans.  Published by the Natural History Museum, we have received an advance copy of this book so we can produce a review of this new publication.

Described as a stunningly illustrated guide packed with everything you could ever wish to know about the Theropoda, this new dinosaur book is aimed at academics as well as the general reader.

“The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”

Title: “Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs – The Theropods”
Price: £30 (hardback format)
Size: 288 pages with colour illustrations throughout
Publication date: May 2019
ISBN: 978 0 565 09497 3

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Mei long – The Sleeping Chinese Dragon

The beautifully preserved fossils of a small, Chinese dinosaur have provided scientists with an insight into how some types of dinosaur might have slept.  Fossils of the little Chinese theropod dinosaur known as Mei long reveal that it coiled up in a sleeping posture with its head tucked under its arm and its tail wrapped around its body.  This sleeping posture preserved in a number of M. long specimens is very similar to the sleeping postures of many living birds.

A Life Reconstruction of the Little Chinese Feathered Dinosaur Mei long

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The Chinese company PNSO have a replica of this dinosaur in their range of figures.

To view the PNSO range of models: PNSO Age of Dinosaurs Models.

The fossils of Mei long come from north-eastern China.  These unfortunate dinosaurs were buried by hot volcanic ash as they slept.  Their fossils have been preserved in three-dimensions, helping palaeontologists to learn more about the resting and sleeping postures of theropod dinosaurs.

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