Paulette Bogan

Jeff's Uncle Roy runs a museum. That means he's always zooming off to strange places to find ruins and treasure. But Jeff has never gone along-until now. They're headed to the Sahara desert to search for dinosaur fossils. And Jeff knows he'll find the bones of the biggest meat-eater ever!"The subject's popularity, and Bogan's colorful cartoon-style illustrations will attract beginning readers."-Booklist