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Before dinosaurs: weird creatures ruled a forgotten, vibrant world.

Beasts From Before the Dinosaurs

Extraordinary forgotten creatures from 250 million years ago

$48.62

  • Hardcover

    64 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2026

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Summary

Let’s travel back more than a quarter of a billion years, to a time long before the dinosaurs. 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…

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781836009450
ISBN-10:1836009453
Author:Ben Lerwill, Gavin Scott
Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:words & pictures
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:1 September 2026
Weight:650g
Dimensions:12mm x 235mm x 290mm
Audience Age:9-12
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Beasts From Before the Dinosaurs by Ben Lerwill - ISBN: 9781836009450
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About The Author

Ben Lerwill

Ben Lerwill

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, WildLives, and Wild Cities.

Gavin Scott

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 BA 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.

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