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Author_Adam S. Smith
Author_Jonathan Emmett
Author_Stieven Van der Poorten
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forthcoming
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prehistoric
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Stegosaurus
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- ISBN 9781917894166
- Dimensions: 240 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Fox & Ink Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The puzzling prehistoric creatures the experts got wrong.
The first fossils found of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were often incomplete. So, with many of the bones from its skeleton missing, early experts often had to guess how a complete animal looked when it was alive. Sometimes they guessed right, but sometimes they didn’t!
Great Dinosaur Mistakes explores some of the most extraordinary errors early experts made and brings past and present versions of each prehistoric creature face to face in a fantastical time-travelling adventure full of fascinating facts.
Illustrated by Stieven Van de Poorten.
Jonathan Emmett has written over 60 books for children including 'Bringing Down the Moon', 'Someone Bigger' and 'The Princess and the Pig'. He developed his skills as a writer and illustrator while studying and working as an architect but left architecture to become a children’s author in 1995. His work has been translated into over 30 different languages and has won several awards both in the UK and abroad including the FCBG Red House Children’s Book Award for 'Pigs Might Fly' and the STEAM Children’s Book Prize for 'How the Borks Became: An Adventure in Evolution'.
Nottingham-based palaeontologist Dr Adam S. Smith has authored more that 20 peer-reviewed research papers and named several new Jurassic species. He teamed up with Jonathan Emmett in 2021 to write The Plesiosaur's Neck, Adam's debut children's book. Adam works as a part-time curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum (Wollaton Hall) where he is co-responsible for the museum's collections and exhibitions. He also runs several websites including the Plesiosaur Directory and Dinosaur Toy Blog.
Nottingham-based palaeontologist Dr Adam S. Smith has authored more that 20 peer-reviewed research papers and named several new Jurassic species. He teamed up with Jonathan Emmett in 2021 to write The Plesiosaur's Neck, Adam's debut children's book. Adam works as a part-time curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum (Wollaton Hall) where he is co-responsible for the museum's collections and exhibitions. He also runs several websites including the Plesiosaur Directory and Dinosaur Toy Blog.
