Sound Explorers: Dinosaurs
Experience the prehistoric world with this super 20-button sound book featuring dinosaurs and other animals, plus amazing illustrations and astounding facts to guide your audio journey.
The Age of the Dinosaurs was a very noisytime! Bursting with all sorts of strange and surprising sounds, this book brings prehistoric animals to vivid life. The sounds have been developed based on scientific research, meaning what you hear is what palaeontologists think these animals actually sounded like.
With a push of each button, you can listen to:
• The fearsome rumble of T rex.
• The trumpeting of Parasaurolophus as it called to its herd.
• The whoosh of Diplodocus’ mighty tail.
• The swoop of Quetzalcoatlus flapping its gigantic wings.
• Terrifying crocodile Deinosuchus bellowing across a swamp.
• Marine reptile Opthalmosaurus leaping from the water and splashing back down.
• Pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus clacking its bird-like beak.
• The snuffling snort of duck-billed Edmontosaurus.
• The squeaking of swimming mammal Steropodon.
• The piercing chirp of a Jurassic bush cricket.
• An immersive prehistoric soundscape.
This amazing range of sounds offers a new and interactive way of learning about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. The sounds were created in consultation with palaeontologist Dr Darren Naish, scientific advisor for the TV series Prehistoric Planet. Expertly written text by experienced children’s author Anna Claybourne is brought to life by Maria Luisa Petrarca’s stunning illustrations. The eco-friendly plastic-free sound panel and large hardback format add to the gift appeal of this beautiful book.
Sound Explorers: Dinosaurs opens new worlds for curious young minds, ideal for dinosaur enthusiasts and anyone that wants to be immersed in the wonders of the prehistoric world!
You can continue your exploration by venturing out into the Universe with Sound Explorers: Space Adventure!
Anna Claybourne is an experienced children's author based in Edinburgh, Scotland, who has written over 300 books on all kinds of topics, ranging from Shakespeare, space science, and Surrealism to experiments, earthquakes, and endangered species. Her titles include The Surprising Lives of Animals (2020) and Amazing Evolution (2019). She specialises in writing about science and nature. Anna won the ASE Book of the Year Award in 2018 and the Teacher’s Choice Awards (USA) in 2016 and has twice been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. www.annaclaybourne.co.uk