(Part 2) Best products from r/Dinosaurs

No problem! Here are a couple of books that might help you along, if you haven't already gotten a hold of them! :)

All Yesterdays, a wonderfully provocative book that challenges common paleoart tropes.

The Paleoart of Julius Csontonyi is awesome. Most of his artwork can be found online, but it's nice to have it there in your hands. I won't go so far as to say Csotonyi is the modern day Charles R. Knight, but he's rapidly gaining that reputation.

Predatory Dinosaurs of the World by Gregory S. Paul. Modern paleoart owes a lot to Paul's work, even if his attention to anatomical detail resulted in dinosaurs that are just a bit too lithe.

Finally, we have William Stout's The New Dinosaurs. Yes, at times Stout makes his dinos look downright emaciated, but his comic-book-y style and portrayal of dinosaur behavior is a bit prescient of "All Yesterdays," and I can't help but associate his work with those wonderfully cheesy 1980s dino documentaries with Gary Owens, and that catchy theme music.

And once again, good luck!

My favorite book is definitely Dr. Holtz's Dinosaur Encyclopedia; it's geared towards a high school level, but I know professional paleontologists who use it, it's just an awesome book.

The next step up is The Complete Dinosaur. It's a solid book, technical, but not as highly praised as ...

The Dinosauria

The Dinosauria is the gold standard, but it's incredibly dense. My best suggestion though is to read primary literature about subjects/clades that interest you. Google scholar is pretty useful for this, although paywalls will be an issue off-campus

Hey! I get what you mean!
I have this quite big book titled "Dinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart. It includes all of the most respected artists in the industry and some of their finest work. If you really want to enjoy some amazing dinosaur art (and yes, actual art) then I suggest you to get this book.

Also thank you for mentioning Tuomas Koivurinne. Always great to see fellow finns mentioned around the world.

I don't have a favorite documentary, but I will recommend the photo book Hunting Dinosaurs by Louie Psihoyos to anyone.

It's kind of dated (early 90s) but is a wonderfully written personal account of Psihoyos going around and meeting many of the great paleontologists of our time and talking about dinosaurs - alongside gorgeous photos.

Also: he somehow convinced the University of Pennsylvania to give him Edward Cope's skull and he talks about busting it out every time he met another paleontologist.

I don't know if you're looking for graphic novels as well, but Age of Reptiles is amazing. It has no dialogue and the art is gorgeous. There's also Dinosaurs vs Aliens another just really fun book.

Also, looks like I'm going to be looking some of the reccomendations in this thread up myself.

My daughter, who is 5 years old, has the Dinopedia. It is beautifully illustrated and gives a nice bit of information. The book has held up well (had it for nearly 2 years) and is easily one of her favorites. I am sure an older child will be able to enjoy it even more.

Depending on his interests, here are a few options:

• Model dinosaurs: There are several companies that sell accurate scale models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life; Safari LTD and Collecta are two of my favorites. Beasts of the Mesozoic are some slightly higher-end poseable raptor models.
  
• If you think he'd be interested in a print of professionally-made dinosaur art, a couple of paleoartists whose sites I could find are Emily Willoughby and Mark Witton.
  
• If he might be into stickers, shirts, or other assorted dinosaur-themed merchandise such as mugs or phone cases: Permia sells shirts, stickers, and cards. Some paleoartists have Redbubble pages or similar. A few I recommend looking at: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
  
• If you think he'd be interested in scientifically accurate plushies, Palaeoplushies might be worth looking at.
  
• Books: There are a wide variety of paleontology-related books. Depending on what he's read, and what he's interested in, here are a few possibilities:
  
  • Books about prehistoric life (mostly dinosaurs) in general:
    
    • Pterosaurs by Mark Witton
      
    • A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs by Matt Martyniuk
      
    • The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
      
    • The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory Paul
      
    • Dinosaurs: How they Lived and Evolved by Darren Naish and Paul Barrett
      
  • Books about paleoart:
    
    • Extreme Dinosaurs 2: The Projects by Luis Rey
      
    • The Palaeoartist's Handbook by Mark Witton
      
    • Recreating an Age of Reptiles by Mark Witton
      
    • All Yesterdays by John Conway, C. M. Kosemen, and Darren Naish

Have you checked out "The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops" but it's a pretty good collection of cool dinosaurs.
Grand Tour on Amazon

Dinosaur! is a pretty good one, in my opinion. It has colorful illustrations, talks about interesting dino facts and even some information about non-dinos and animals before and after them, and it's all pretty accurate.

Dinotopia is 100% mandatory. The pulpy kids' paperback novels were also great, when I was a kid.

THIS MOFO : gorgeous art, very immersive, I got it when I was in kindergarten so it left an impression.



For older kids (violence warning) there's always Age of Reptiles

Robert Mash wrote a book called "How to Keep Dinosaurs," endorsed by Richard Dawkins on this topic. Great little book that ranks and gives helpful tips about keeping different genera of popular and relatively obscure dinosaurs. Worth spending a buck or two on as a Christmas gift and reading yourself before passing off.

To be entered to win a copy of Dinotopia, please reply to this comment with your answer to the following question:

If humans and dinosaurs lived together, what dinosaur would make the best pet?

The Ends of the World By Peter Brannen is amazing, can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm glad to see your positive review of Brusatte's "Rise and fall of the Dinosaurs", it's on my shelf of books to read.

$1500 from an artist who has an Answers in Genesis link on his page. AIG... well, that sucks.

Alternatively, you can get the T-Rex head wall mount for $70 + shipping. It's not the highest quality, but that's to be expected. Got one as a gift and he loved it.

Pretty outdated, but I probably watched this 200 times as a child. The clay-mation was superb!

http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-VHS-Christopher-Reeve/dp/6303626963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374731650&sr=8-1&keywords=christopher+reeve+dinosaur%21


EDIT

Here's an excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6mW6XUjrxQ

I got it from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00168ARD0

Oh, and yes, it's the c720.

This one? http://www.amazon.ca/Dinosaur-Art-Worlds-Greatest-Paleoart/dp/0857685848

disclaimer: haven't read it myself https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Mesozoic-Winged-Dinosaurs/dp/0988596504/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355657512&sr=8-2&keywords=field+guide+mesozoic

It's a childrens picture book, but Dinosaur for a Day is incredibly illustrated, immersive, straightforward day-in-the-life-of book about hypsilophodonts. I gotta dig out my copy!

Here's one of the pages

Here is the mobile version of your link