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SAHARA EXPEDITIONS

  • Langewiesche, William. Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert (Pantheon Books, New York, 1996) $14.00

  • Palin, Michael. Sahara (Thomas Dune Books, New York, 2003) $29.95.

  • Raskin, Lawrie and Debora Pearson.  My Sahara Adventure: 52 Days by Camel  (Annick Press, 1998) $14.95.

The following VIDEOS about Dr. Sereno’s expedition are available at www.libraryvideo.com or you may call the Library Video Company at 800-843-3620 or fax them at 610-645-4040.

  • Dinosaur Giants Found – is a National Geographic documentary that follows the 1997 Expedition to Niger, and the discovery and reconstruction of Africa’s dinosaur giant, Jobaria. N0066, $19.95

  • Skeletons in the Sand – this New Explorer’s documentary traces the dramatic story of the 1993 Expedition to Niger. N0581, $19.95

  • SuperCroc - originally a National Geographic Explorer special, this feature-length film follows Dr. Paul Sereno from the discovery of a six-foot long complete skull of the largest crocodile that ever lived - into the rainforests in search of living descendants.
  • Diagram Group.  Peoples of Africa: Peoples of West Africa (Facts on File, New York, 1997) $28.00.

  • Heinrichs, Ann. Niger (Children’s Book Press, New York, 2001) $34.50.

  • Mette, Bovin.  Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wodaabe Dances and Visual Arts in Niger (Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden, 2001) $32.95.

  • Ndukwe, Pat I.  Fulani (The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.  New York, 1996) $17.95.

  • Parris, Ronald.  Hausa (The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.  New York, 1996) $17.95.

  • Reynolds, Jan.  Sahara: Vanishing Cultures (Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1991) $10.00.

  • Van Offelen, Marion.  Nomads of Niger (Abradale Press, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1983) $29.95.


THE DESERT

  • Gaff, Jackie. I Wonder Why the Sahara
    Is Cold at Night: And Other Questions
    about Deserts     (Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 2002) $11.95.

  • Novaresion, Paolo. Sahara (Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA, 2003) $29.98.

  • Stille, Darlene. Deserts (Children’s Book Press, New York, 2000) $6.95.

  • Steele, Philip.  Deserts (Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, 1996) $19.95.

  • Wilkes, Angela. Deserts (EDC Publications, London, 2003) $4.95.


EARTH SCIENCE

  • Blobaum, Cindy. Geology Rocks!
    50 Hands-On Activities to Explore
    the Earth     (Williamson Publishing,
    Charlotte, VT, 2003) $12.95.

  • Busbey, A., The Nature Company Guide to Rocks and Fossils (Time Life Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1996)  $24.95.

  • Cassidy, J., EARTHSEARCH: A Kid's Geography Museum in a Book (Klutz Press, Palo Alto, CA., 1993) $19.95.

  • Campbell, Ann-Jeanette. Incredible Earth (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1996) $12.95.

  • Cole, J., The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Scholastic, Inc. New York, 1987) $4.95.

  • Deike, Ruth, Stone Wall Secrets Teacher's Guide: Exploring Geology in the Classroom.  (Tilbury House, Maine, 1998) $9.95.

  • Hooper, Meredith. A Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth (Viking Children’s Books, New York, 1996) $17.99.

  • Lambert, D., The Field Guide to Geology (Facts on File, Inc. New York, 1998) $14.95.

  • Lobek, A., Things Maps Don't Tell Us: An Adventure into Map Interpretation (University of Chicago Press, 1993)  $22.50.

  • Moore, Jo Ellen. Learn About the Earth (Evan-Moor Educational Publisher, Carmel, CA, 2001) $9.95.

  • Parker, S., Rocks and Minerals (DK Publishers, New York, 1997) $5.95.

  • Pierre, Y., Mapping a Changing World (Thomasson-Grant & Lickle, New York, 1996) $17.95.

  • Rhodes, F., A Golden Guide to Geology (Golden Books, New York, 1991) $6.95.

  • Thorson, K., Stone Wall Secrets (Tilbury House Publishers, Maine, 1998) $7.95.

  • Vernon, Ron.  Beneath Our Feet: The Rocks of Planet Earth (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2001) $30.00.

  • Zike, Dinah. The Earth Science Book (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1993) $12.95.

  • Zim, Herbert Spencer. Rocks, Gems, and Minerals (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2003) $6.95.


DINOSAURS AND PALEONTOLOGY

  • Aliki, My Visit to the Dinosaurs (HarperCollins, New York, 1984) $4.95.

  • Aliki. Fossils Tell of Long Ago (Harper Collins, New York, 1990) $15.89.

  • Barrett, B., National Geographic Dinosaurs (National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., 2001) $29.95.

  • Barton, B., Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1989) $7.95.

  • Bausum, A., Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs, A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2000) $17.95.

  • Berger, M. & G., Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard: Questions and Answers About Dinosaurs (Scholastic Inc., New York, 1998) $5.95.

  • Bishop, N., Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar (Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 2000) $16.00.

  • Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs (Scholastic, New York, 1997) $4.99.

  • Eldredge, N., The Fossil Factory:
    A Kid's Guide to Digging Up Dinosaurs, Exploring Evolution, and Finding Fossils     (Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA. 1989) $12.95.

  • Funston, Sylvia. The Dinosaur Question and Answer Book (Greey de Pencier Books, Toronto,1996) $9.95.

  • Gaffnew, E., Dinosaurs (Golden Press, New York, 1990) $6.95

  • Gee, Henry. A Field Guide to Dinosaurs: The Essential Handbook for Travelers in the Mesozoic (Barron’s Educational Press, Hauppauge, N.Y., 2003) $24.95.

  • Heywood, Rosie. The Great Dinosaur Search (EDC Publishing, Tulsa, OK, 2001) $8.95.

  • Horner, Jack. Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky (Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, MT, 2003) $20.00

  • Lambert, David. Dinosaur Encyclopedia (DK Publishing, New York, 2001) $29.95.

  • Lindsay, W., On the Trail of Incredible Dinosaurs (American Museum of Natural History, DK Publishing, New York, 1998) $14.95.

  • Matt, Margaret.  Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Dover, 1981) $3.95.

  • Mayor, Adrienne. The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in the Greek and Roman Times (Princeton University Press, 2001) $19.95.

  • McGowan, C.,  T-Rex To Go: Build Your Own from Chicken Bones, (HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1999) $14.00.

  • McGowan, C., Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones: Foolproof Instructions for Budding Paleontologists (HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1989) $13.00.

  • Munsart, C., Investigating Science with Dinosaurs (Teacher Ideas Press, Englewood, CO.  1993) $27.00.

  • National Wildlife Learning Federation, Digging Into Dinosaur: Ranger Rick's Nature Scope (Triangle Press/McGraw Hill, NY. 1997.) $12.95

  • Nothdurft, William. The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt (Random House, New York, 2002) $24.95.

  • Powell, James Lawrence. Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs (Harvest Books, New York, 1999) $14.00

  • Rey, Luis V. Extreme Dinosaurs (Chronicle Books, San Francisco 2001) $16.95,

  • Sachatello-Sawyer, Dinosaurs: The Very Latest Information and Hands-On Activities from  the Museum of the Rockies, (Scholastic Inc., New York, 1996) $12.95.

  • Sereno, P. C., Africa’s Dinosaur Castaways. National Geographic, June 1996.

  • Sereno, P. C., SuperCroc. National Geographic, December 1996.


  • Thompson, Ida. National Audubon Society
    Field Guide to North American Fossils     (Knopf, New York, 1982) $19.95.

  • Vancleaver, Janice. Dinosaurs for Every Kid: Easy Activities that Make Learning Science Fun (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994) $12.95.

  • Wade, N., The New York Times Book
    of Fossils and Evolution: The best science reporting from the acclaimed weekly section of The New York Times    ,  (The Lyons Press, New York, 2001) $16.95.

  • Wilkes, A., The Big Book of Dinosaurs, A First Book for Young Children (DK Publishing, New York, 1994) $14.95.

  • Zallinger, P., Dinosaurs and Other Archosaurs (The Random House Library of Knowledge, Random House, New York, 1986) $15.99.

  • Zoehfeld, Kathleen. Dinosaurs Big and Small (Haper Collins, New York, 2002) $ 4.95

  • Zoehfeld, K., Fossil Fever (Golden Books Publishing, New York, 2000) $3.99.


TECHNICAL ARTICLES

  • 1994 Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, H.-D. Sues. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science, 266:267-271.

  • 1996 Sereno, P. C., D. B. Dutheil, M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, J. A. Wilson. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science, 272:986-991.

  • 1998 Sereno, P. C., A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadlier, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science, 282:1298-1302.

  • 1999 Sereno, P. C., A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadlier, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science, 286:1342-1347.

  • 2001 Sereno, P. C., H. C. E. Larsson, C. A. Sidor, and B. Gado. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. Science, 294:1516-1519.

 

 

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