Origami Dinosaurs
By: Yoshihide Momotani
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781568360089
Subjects: Origami -- Juvenile literature; Dinosaurs in art -- Juvenile literature; Origami; Dinosaurs in art; Handicraft
First sentence: The dinosaurs presented here are the work of a biologist, but one with imagination.
Description: Now one of the world's top origami masters teaches you how to make your own paper "dinotopia." *Origami Dinosaurs presents fourteen terrific models, selected for their simplicity and educational value. Readers new to the ancient Japanese art of origami can follow this book's clear diagrams and easy-to-follow directions. More experienced folders can find challenges here, too.

Every lover of dinosaurs will want this book. The up-to-date descriptions of such creatures as *Stegosaurus*, *Diplodocus*, and *Tyrannosaurus* provide fascinating details about what it was like to live on earth during Jurassic and Cretaceous times. The sequence of models is designed to introduce techniques gradually, teaching patience and proportion in an activity the whole family can enjoy together. Experience the magic of transforming a thirty-ton *Brontosaurus* or the mythical Godzilla into models as light as feathers, to be held in the palm of your hand or set upon a birthday table that will always be remembered!
Notes: Origami paper inserted in pocket.
Includes illustrations (some color)
Table of contents: label: Part I
title: Beginning; title: Introduction
pagenum: 4; title: Before Folding
pagenum: 5; title: Basic Folds and Symbols
pagenum: 6; title: The bases; title: The Fish Base
pagenum: 10; title: The Square Base
pagenum: 11; title: The Bird Base
pagenum: 13; title: The Crane
pagenum: 14; title: The Primitive Base
pagenum: 15; label: Part II
title: The Dinosaurs; title: Apatosaurus
pagenum: 18; title: Anchisaurus
pagenum: 21; title: Allosaurus
pagenum: 24; title: Diplodocus
pagenum: 27; title: Edmontosaurus
pagenum: 30; title: Parasaurolophus
pagenum: 35; title: Stegosaurus
pagenum: 38; title: Tyrannosaurus
pagenum: 44; title: Dimetrodom
pagenum: 47; title: Pteranodon
pagenum: 49; title: Rhamphorhyncus
pagenum: 52; title: Iguanodon
pagenum: 55; title: Godzilla
pagenum: 60; title: Ornitholestes
pagenum: 63