Dinosaur 3 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: STEG-oh-SORE-us. The name means “roof lizard”. The first scientists thought its plates lay flat, like tiles on a roof.
In the book
In Dinosaurs Are Back, the Stegosaurus climbs off the page and into your room.
Scan its page with a phone or tablet, no app needed.
From the last page of the book
Stegosaurus was a big, spiky dinosaur with a tiny head, like a walnut. But don't be fooled! Its plates and tail were strong weapons that helped protect it from predators.
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Stegosaurus one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.
A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.
Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.
More time passed between Stegosaurus and T. rex than between T. rex and you!
Source: Natural History Museum, London
It shared its world with Apatosaurus, another dinosaur Spike meets in the book.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
In the story
I found a whole group of them trying to pull a big log out of the lake, and they were so upset.
Their nests had been messed up in the night, and lots of eggs were missing. Just like Fino, my baby brother, who was still inside his egg!
Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story
Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book
Questions kids ask
Riddle · who am I?
My head is tiny, like a walnut, it's true,but don't be fooled, I know what to do!
Big plates on my back and spikes on my tail.I swing it at danger, and I never fail!
Stegosaurus!
The clue explained: The tail spikes even have a nickname: the thagomizer. (Smithsonian Magazine)
Every dinosaur page has a riddle. Try the flying one, or all the dinosaur riddles.
The book · ages 6 to 10
Spike's whole adventure, with the Stegosaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.