How Dinosaurs Went Extinct
A Safety Guide
$28.24
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2023
Summary
From author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Jenn Harney comes a hilarious faux-cautionary tale featuring dad jokes and tantrum-throwing dinosaurs!
In this outrageous “safety guide,” a child in a museum asks their parents how the dinosaurs all became extinct. Well, their father has some theories. Gallimimus? Ran with scissors. Ankylosaurus? Tipped in their chair. Spinosaurus? Swam after eating. Tyrannosaurus rex? Didn’t change their underwear. By the end of the story, the child vows to nev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316593298 |
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| ISBN-10: | 031659329X |
| Author: | Ame Dyckman, Jennifer Harney |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 262mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
A Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
A Barnes and Noble Reads “50 Best Books to Bring to a Baby Shower” pick
An Amazon Best Books of April 2023 pick
A 2024 Bank St College Best Books pick
A Virginia Readers’ Choice book
“Young dinophiles, once they stop chortling, will get the point.”–Booklist
* “Visual humor abounds in this delightful laugh-out-loud picture book…Share this for an especially spirited story hour.”–The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
”“Dyckman…conjures up a dinosaur-based strategy with sky-high stakes.” –Publishers Weekly
“Dyckman’s wacky, over-the-top humor is paired well with Harney’s exuberant…illustrations.”–Horn Book
“Harney’s energetic art buoys the drama of the hilarious, untimely ends…. Dinophiles will rejoice; storytimes will be even sillier.”–Kirkus
About The Author
Ame Dyckman
Ame Dyckman is the popular author of You Don’t Want a Dragon!, That’s Life!, Dandy, Read the Book, Lemmings!, You Don’t Want a Unicorn!, Horrible Bear!, the New York Times Bestselling Wolfie the Bunny, and more.
Jenn Harney lives near Cleveland, Ohio, with her family, a corgi named Steve, and the ghost of the once oldest living now extinct goldfish in North America. Two of her previous books include Underwear! and Swim Swim Sink.
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