Beasts From Before the Dinosaurs
Travel back more than a quarter of a billion years to a time long before the dinosaurs ...
There was a time when there was no grass, or birdsong, or flowers. When no Stegosaurus or T. rex had ever walked the Earth, and no Pterodactylus had ever flown through the sky. Sounds quiet, doesn't it? But it wasn't. It was CRAWLING with life. The world looked very, very different then – and the animals did, too. So, grab your binoculars, tread quietly and let's head back to the dim and distant past.
In Beast from Before the Dinosaurs, we meet over 20 strange, forgotten animals that ruled the land and seas during the Permian Period. For example, discover:
- Meganeura, a super-sized flying insect that was bigger than a hawk,
- Eryops, a carnivorous frog the size of a gorilla,
- Lystrosaurus, a strange tusked creature that wouldn't look out of place in a Star Wars film . . .
- . . . and many, many more!
Complete with incredible full-colour illustrations that bring this prehistoric world to life. The perfect gift for a dino-mad child who's already read ALL the dinosaur books, Beasts from Before the Dinosaurs uncovers a hidden chapter in our planet's history, sparking curiosity about Earth's incredible past.
Featured creatures:
- Helicoprion
- Varanops
- Arthropleura
- Edaphosaurus
- Trilobite
- Moschops
- Lystrosaurus
- Eryops
- Gigantospongia
- Dimetrodon
- Diplocaulus
- Diictodon
- Meganeura
- Scutosaurus
- Coelurosauravus
- Inostrancevia
- Suminia
- Xenacanthus
- Cotylorhynchus
- Mesosaurus
- Bunostegos
- Eudibamus
- Prionosuchus
Ben Lerwill is an award-winning travel writer and children's author based in Oxfordshire, England. Ben's writing has appeared in more than 50 national and international titles, including National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Time Out, BBC Travel, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Independent, BBC Countryfile and Rough Guides. His non-fiction children's books include One World Many Colours, Wild Lives, and Wild Cities.
Gavin Scott was born in Wiltshire and raised in rural Dorset, UK. He was fascinated by the natural world from an early age and spent much of his childhood drawing and painting animals and birds. He later studied for a BA in Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth Arts University. Working as an illustrator in-house for a number of years, honing his skills in character design, his style gradually evolved from scientific into children's picture books. He now lives in Somerset with his wife, who is also an illustrator, and their growing family. When he's not working, he loves rock climbing on the Dorset coast and riding and fettling his old Triumph motorbike.
| Pm Supplier | Hachette UK Distribution Ltd 70000065 SC: 20-67-59 |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | words & pictures |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 1836009453 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9781836009450 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2026-08-20 |
| Pm Author | Lerwill,Ben, Scott,Gavin |
- Extraordinary Forgotten Creatures From 250 Million Years Ago
- The perfect gift for a dino-mad child who's already read ALL the dinosaur books.
- Key Info: colour illustrations
- Author: Lerwill,Ben, Scott,Gavin
- Page Count: 64
- Publication Date: 2026-08-20
Beasts From Before the Dinosaurs
- Extraordinary Forgotten Creatures From 250 Million Years Ago
- The perfect gift for a dino-mad child who's already read ALL the dinosaur books.
- Key Info: colour illustrations
- Author: Lerwill,Ben, Scott,Gavin
- Page Count: 64
- Publication Date: 2026-08-20
