Meet-the-Triceratops

MeettheTriceratopsByBarbaraWoodIllustratedbyJeffBrebnerTriceratopslivedlong,longago-BeforepeoplelivedonEarth.Triceratopsweredinosaurs.TheyoncelivedinNorthAmerica.Theymighthavelivedinyourbackyard!Atriceratopswasaboutastallasaschoolbus.Itwasaboutaslongasaschoolbus.Triceratopsweighedmorethanelephants.Atriceratopshadthreehornsandabeak.Ithadafrillatthebackofitshead.Triceratopsusedtheirhornstofightoffotherdinosaurs.TriceratopsateplantsTheybrokeoffthetopsofplantswiththeirbeaks.Thentheychewedtheleaveswiththeirteeth.Wastriceratopsgreen?Brown?Striped?Nobodyknows.Notriceratopsskinhaseverbeenfound.Butotherpiecesoftriceratopshavebeenfound.Thesepiecesarecalledfossils.Usewhatyouknowandwhatyoucanimaginetocolorthistriceratops.