While the sheriff is away, crooked, businessman Malachi Wilks and his stegosaurus workers try to build a railroad through Trihorn Valley, with only Josh and his friends standing in his way.

While the sheriff is away, crooked, businessman Malachi Wilks and his stegosaurus workers try to build a railroad through Trihorn Valley, with only Josh and his friends standing in his way.

Welcome to The Lost Plains! A wild west frontier where dinosaurs never went extinct. Josh Sanders is dismayed to discover the crooked businessman, Malachi Wilks, is building a railroad straight through Trihorn settlement! With the sheriff out of town, it seems like nothing can stand in the way of Wilks' railroad and his pack of stegosaurus workers. With his friends Abigail and Sam, Josh mounts the town's resistance to the new railroad, organizing the most epic, dino-filled showdown at high noon that the Lost Plains ever saw! This wildly entertaining new chapter book series for ages 7 and up features exciting illustrations and real dino facts! A great way to get kids reading. And don't miss the next book in the series: How to Rope a Giganotosaurus. Also in the Dino Riders series: How to Tame a Triceratops How to Rope a Giganotosaurus How to Hog-Tie a T-Rex How to Catch a Dino Thief How to Track a Pterodactyl

Dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had stiff plates on their bodies. Some used their plates to heat themselves up or cool themselve off. Others had plates to scare off predators. Bold images, colorful maps, and interesting facts take readers back to a time when these scaly herbivores walked the earth.

How did Stegosaurus get its name? What did it eat? Where did it live? Readers find these answers and much more thanks to age-appropriate text about a high-interest topic and common part of elementary science curricula. Colorful illustrations present examples of what this plant-eating dinosaur looked like with its spiked tail and plated back. These plates are said to have had many possible uses, such as defending against predators or attracting mates. Other fun facts are packed into this accessible text with additional fact boxes and diagrams for readers who want to become Stegosaurus experts.

Describes the features of Triceratops and Stegosaurus, and how they may have battled each other in prehistoric times.

With sales exceeding one million, The Tiny Perfect Dinosaur series has been enormously successful. All have been selections of Scholastic Book Club and have been recommended by Parents' Choice.Each tiny perfect dinosaur comes with its own little four-color book, brimful of information about the dinosaur as well as instructions for putting together its skeleton. A four-color poster shows the dinosaur as it might have looked when it walked the earth millions of years ago.Kit Include: -- 32-page, full-color book -- 14 x 6 1/2 full-color poster -- Scientifically correct, fossilized, opaque plastic egg -- Snap-together, bagged dinosaur bones in egg