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Meat-Eating Dinosaurs: The theropods by Thom Holmes and Laurie Holmes,
illustrated by Michael William Skrepnick, Enslow $20.95, ISBN
0766014525

EVERYONE knows Tyrannosaurus rex, the last of the giant meat-eating
dinosaurs to roam the Earth. The beast is part of our fascination with the big
and terrifying, and makes a logical starting point for a new series called The
Dinosaur Library, aimed at young readers aged 11 and over.

T. rex may dominate the cover, but Meat-Eating Dinosaurs is really
about the whole family of predators called theropods. All walked on two legs,
and most had seriously fearsome teeth, but they…

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