Illumisaurus - (Illumi: See 3 Images in 1) by Lucy Brownridge (Hardcover)

About the Book

Discover the world of the dinosaurs using your three-color lens with this eye-popping prehistoric adventure, the fifth in the best-selling Illumi series from design duo Carnovsky.

Book Synopsis

Journey back in time to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods with Illumisaurus, coming face-to-face with prehistory's most spectacular dinosaurs, plants and animals. Bring this lost world to kaleidoscopic life with your magic three-color viewing lens (included).
With your lens in hand, discover amazing places and the creatures that roamed them many millions of years ago.

• Your green lens reveals a location, spanning 9 ancient land masses across millions of years. Learn how these places transformed over time to become the habitats of the most spectacular life on Earth.
• Your red lens brings to life the mightiest beasts ever to walk the planet: the dinosaurs. Meet a T. rex up close, run with packs of velociraptors and marvel at the gigantic brachiosaurus as you discover how these animals came to rule the Earth.
• Your blue lens uncovers the wildlife that lived alongside and after the dinosaurs, including monstrous dragonflies, woolly mammoths and fungi taller than trees.
• Fact pages fill in the details and guide you through a world bursting with life and color.

The latest in the bestselling Illumi series, Illumisaurus is a hidden-world adventure with a fascinating scientific angle, and the perfect gift fordinosaur enthusiasts 7 years and older. Innovative illustrations from award-winning design duo Carnovsky make this a natural history like no other, with hundreds of places, plants and creatures to discover on three layers of detailed artwork.

How many dinosaurs will you find on your prehistoric journey?

​See 3 images in 1 with the eye-boggling Illumi series, featuring magic-lens artwork from creative design duo Carnovsky. Dinosaurs, animals, the human body, and even ghosts are envisioned like never before in this groundbreaking series. The explosions of color on each page are in fact three distinct layers of illustrations, each exploring a different aspect of a fascinating subject. Use the three-color lens to reveal the hidden details on each one, then read all about the topic on in-depth fact pages. There's always something new to discover in Illumi!

Also available from the Illumi series: Illuminatlas, Illuminature, Illuminightmare,​ and Illumanatomy.

Review Quotes

"Use the magical three-colour lens to reveal dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Fifth in the innovative non-fiction series."--Fiona Noble, The Bookseller, October Previews

About the Author

Milan-based design duo Carnovsky was started by Silvia Quintanilla and Francesco Rugi in 2007. They have gained wide recognition for their RGB project, first displayed in 2010. Their work has been published in magazines around the world, such as Vogue, Wired, Frame, Wallpaper, Elle Decor, and Whitewall. Their wallpaper 'Jungla' won the 2012 Wallpaper Magazine Design Award for Best Wallpaper.

Lucy Brownridge is an award-winning children's book author and editor from London, UK. She studied History of Art at the University of Bristol and holds an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Lucy writes thoughtful, engaging books that spark curiosity about the world and celebrate connection, cooperation, and care for others. Her titles include Little Tree and the Wood Wide Web, winner of the 2024 Giverny Award, What Are You Doing Today, Mother Nature?, The Fantastical Safari, and the Cat Family series, which has been translated into 16 languages.