"Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway"

Kirk Johnson, 208-page paperback, $29.95, Fulcrum

Kids are fascinated with dinosaurs, and parents who want to interest their children in a vacation should find plenty of interesting places to see in this book by paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll.

The pair take a 5,000-mile road trip through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Utah and South Dakota in search of fossils, small-town museums, rock quarries and interesting characters fascinated with dinosaurs.

One tour features the Dinosaur Diamond in Utah and Colorado that includes such sites as the CEU Prehistoric Museum in Price, the Cleveland Lloyd Quarry in Emery County, the Dinosaur Museum of Blanding and the Vernal Fieldhouse Museum.

The book offers great detail and fun graphics presented in an entertaining way.