This is a fun book even if you're not into dinosaurs. I read it because my work-in-progress involves a universe in which the asteroid that hit the earth and wiped out the dinos didn't happen.

This book was a perfect reference text because it shows what creatures might exist today had dinos survived (and ate up all the mammals). For example, I can use the images to describe some of the creatures (like this one: http://tiny.cc/Dino2

This would be a good book to read to a child. ( )