The Mighty Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl wasn't a dinosaur, but it lived at the same time dinosaurs roamed the planet. This fascinating look at the long-beaked flying lizard is sure to capture any dino lover's attention!

Pterodactyl, which is properly known as Pterodactylus, was not actually a dinosaur. It was part of a group of flying reptiles called pterosaurs. Pterodactyl had a long fourth finger, which provided support for its wings. Learn more about this remarkable reptile in Pterodactyl, a Mighty Dinosaurs book.

Introduces the Pterodactyl, describing its physical features and how they lived millions of years ago.

Prepare to be blown away—or rather, carried away on huge muscular wings—by this blissfully outlandish, bracingly smart, tour de force about a teen who has to come to terms with relinquishing control for the first time as she falls for the hot new…pterodactyl…at school. After all, everybody wants him! Shiels is very pleased with her perfectly controlled life (controlling others while she’s at it). She’s smart, powerful, the Student Body Chair, and she even has a loving boyfriend. What more could a girl ask for? But everything changes when the first-ever interspecies transfer student, a pterodactyl named Pyke, enrolls at her school. There’s something about him—something primal—that causes the students to lose control whenever he’s around. Even Shiels, the seemingly perfect self-confident girl that she is, can’t keep her mind off of him, despite her doting boyfriend and despite the fact that Pyke immediately starts dating Jocelyn, the school’s fastest runner who Shiels has always discounted as a nobody. Pyke, hugely popular in a school whose motto is to embrace differences, is asked to join a band, and when his band plays at the Autumn Whirl dance, his preternatural shrieking music sends everyone into a literal frenzy. No one can remember what happened the next day, but Shiels learns that she danced far too long with Pyke, her nose has turned purple, and she may have done something with her boyfriend that she shouldn’t have. Who’s in control now? Hilarious and relatable, Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend is about a teen who must come to terms with not being in control of all things at all times, break free of her mundane life, discover who her true self is, and, oh, find out that going primal isn’t always a bad thing.

This book takes a very simple look at pterodactyls, examining what they looked like, what they ate, how they behaved, and their special features and skills such as their wings and their ability to fly. The book also discusses how we know about pterodactyls and other dinosaurs today, showing where fossils are found and how scientists put them together.

This title takes you millions of years back in time to meet Pterodactyl, a large flying reptile. Complete with computer generated images, fossil finds, and a fossil map! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Velociraptors were small but fast! Readers will learn all about this speedy dinosaur from head to tail, including its physical features, behavior, and more.

A pterodactyl is a popular prehistoric creature because it was able to fly. Although it is not a dinosaur, it is commonly grouped with dinosaurs because of their many shared characteristics. Readers take a closer look at pterodactyls through clear main text, fun fact boxes, and helpful diagrams. As they read, they discover important information about pterodactyls’ behavior, appearance, and habitat. These fun facts help support elementary curriculum topics. Colorful computer-generated images fill each page, helping readers immerse themselves in a prehistoric world. This is sure to be a reading adventure early learners will want to experience again and again.