Another book that has survived from my childhood to adulthood- this encyclopedia does its job but has only a few minor problems. As a kid and even today as an older adult- some of the illustrations aren't that well done but others are just epic and higher quality. Some of the pages are hit and miss with information or art. It even gives a page purely dedicated to crazy speculations over extinction events throughout history (one such example is someone apparently wondered if aliens took dinosaurs away as a food source). I think this serves as a decent introduction to dinosaurs, but shouldn't be used as a definitive source for modern-fact information given all the new discoveries 22 years after this book was published. It seems more geared towards younger audiences than adults- but adults can still enjoy this encyclopedia style book. ( )