If You Meet A Dinosaur

Meg Mummisaurus has laid an egg! But how can she keep it safe from a whopping Wagosaurus, a stomping Clomposuarus and a bumbling, stumbling Dozysaurus? Maybe you could help? Children will love roaring along with this romping, rhyming tale. Perfect for any child who's dippy about dinosaurs! With bright, quirky illustrations that will have your child in fits of giggles this brilliant dinosaur-packed tale is written by Paul Bright, award-winning author of Charlie's Superhero Underpants and The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm.

After a visit to the dinosaur exhibit at the museum, a young girl sees dinosaurs all around her. Chris Sheban's captivating illustrations add an exciting dimension to Jan Wahl's rhythmic text. Full-color illustrations. (Available now)

Meg Mummisaurus has laid an egg! But how can she keep it safe from a whopping Wagosaurus, a stomping Clomposuarus and a bumbling, stumbling Dozysaurus? Maybe you could help? Children will love roaring along with this romping, rhyming tale. Perfect for any child who's dippy about dinosaurs! With bright, quirky illustrations that will have your child in fits of giggles this brilliant dinosaur-packed tale is written by Paul Bright, award-winning author of Charlie's Superhero Underpants and The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm.

A hugely popular picture book, now available in oversized board book format for our youngest dino-lovers. If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it...why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. This delightfully absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs -- and the things dinos just aren't good for at all -- is guaranteed to tickle funny bones and spark imaginations. If you read carefully, you'll learn how to make your dinosaur last a very long time.

Illustrations and rhyming text present some different kinds of dinosaurs, including Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, Saltopus, and Pteranodon.

What would it have been like to be a dinosaur baby long, long ago? Every boy and girl dreams of seeing a dinosaur . . . but what about BEING one? Maybe a baby with Tyrannosaurus Rex as a mom? Or a gentler giant who preferred munching leaves? With lots of fascinating facts and striking illustrations that recreate a lost world millions of years old, Isabella Brooklyn and Haude Levesque guide young readers into the prehistoric era to find out. Because scientists never had the chance to study a live dinosaur in its natural environment, they can't know for sure what kind of parents dinosaurs were, or exactly how they raised their young. But by following the clues they dig up, and using the latest in medical technology, paleontologists can make educated guesses, and offer an exciting glimpse into what it might have been like to be a dinosaur child. Kids will meet dinosaurs of every type, from theropods and sauropodomorphs with their grasping, asymmetrical fingers to "good mother" Maiasaurus and Psittacosaurus babies who had "nannies"--adults that raised all the children in the group. There's also a hint of what the future of dinosaur studies will be, thanks to technology unimaginable only a few years ago.

A young child adventures back in time to 100 million years ago to meet a Spinosaurus, learning how they looked, where it lived, and how they hunted other dinosaurs for food. This illustrated narrative nonfiction title includes a map of fossil findings, glossary, and further resources.

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