By Leonie Bennett

Home , Hypselosaurus, Oviraptor, Troodon

by Leonie Bennett

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Consultant: Luis M. Chiappe, Ph.D. Director of the Dinosaur Institute Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bennett, Leonie. Dinosaur babies / by Leonie Bennett. p. cm. — (I love reading. Dino world!) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-59716-544-0 (library binding) ISBN-10: 1-59716-544-1 (library binding) 1. Dinosaurs—Infancy—Juvenile literature. 2. Dinosaurs—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QE861.5.B4452 2008 567.9—dc22 2007017655

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1417_Dino Babies_FINAL.indd 2 6/21/07 1:12:10 PM Contents Dinosaur eggs ...... 4 How big were dinosaur eggs?...... 6 Laying eggs ...... 8 Protecting their eggs ...... 10 How big were dinosaur babies? . . . 12 Caring for babies ...... 14 What did dinosaur babies eat? . . . . 16 A special dinosaur mother...... 18 Sea babies ...... 20

Glossary ...... 22 Index ...... 24 Read More ...... 24 Learn More Online ...... 24

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Dinosaurs laid eggs. Then the eggs hatched. Baby dinosaurs came out of them. Troodon eggs were oval.

Troodon eggs

Troodon 4 (TROH-oh-don)

1417_Dino Babies_FINAL.indd 4 6/20/07 3:37:42 PM Therizinosaurus eggs were round.

Therizinosaurus (ther-uh-zeen-oh-SOR-uhss)

Therizinosaurus egg

1417_Dino Babies_FINAL.indd 5 6/20/07 3:37:47 PM How big were dinosaur eggs?

Some eggs were bigger than a soccer ball.

Some eggs were smaller than a golf ball.

1417_Dino Babies_FINAL.indd 6 6/20/07 3:37:50 PM The biggest dinosaur egg found so far came from Hypselosaurus. It was about 1 foot (30 cm) long.

Hypselosaurus (hip-sel-oh-SOR-uhss)

1417_Dino Babies_FINAL.indd 7 6/20/07 3:37:57 PM Index Apatosaurus 12 Oviraptor 10 Hypselosaurus 7 Plesiosaurus 9 Ichthyosaurus 21 Therizinosaurus 5 Maiasaura 18–19 Triceratops 15 Mussaurus 13 Troodon 4 Read More Lessem, Don. Baby Randall, Lee. A Day Dinosaurs (When in the Life of a Baby Dinosaurs Lived). New Dinosaur. Mahwah, NJ: York: Grosset & Dunlap Troll Communications (2001). (1996). Learn More Online To learn more about the world of dinosaurs, visit www.bearportpublishing.com/ILoveReading

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Amazing Dinosaur Facts

Dinosaur Babies They may have started off small, but some baby dinosaurs Dinosaur Fossils grew into the biggest animals Dinosaur Hunting in the world. Discover how these babies were born and Fighting Dinosaurs how they found food to survive. Flying Giants

Really Big Dinosaurs and Other Giants

Swimming Giants

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