The First Dinosaur
How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2019
Summary
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 An Orbis Picture Recommended Title
“An outstanding case study in how science is actually done: funny, nuanced, and perceptive.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Join early scientists as they piece together one of humanity’s greatest puzzles-the fossilized bones of the first dinosaur!
Dinosaurs existed. That’s a fact we accept today. But not so long ago, the concept that these giant creatures could have roamed Earth millio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534427006 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534427007 |
| Author: | Ian Lendler |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 835g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 183mm x 20mm |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
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Critics Review
“Vibrant and inviting….Both a dinosaur book and a history book, this is a fascinating narrative history.”
“Lendler offers a thoroughly engaging history of myriad milestones that were crossed before anyone could believe in dinosaurs’ existence.” * BCCB * “Vibrant and inviting….Both a dinosaur book and a history book, this is a fascinating narrative history.” * School Library Journal * * “An outstanding case study in how science is actually done: funny, nuanced, and perceptive.” * Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW *
About The Author
Ian Lendler
Ian Lendler is the author of the award-winning graphic novel series, Stratford Zoo Presents…; the picture books An Undone Fairy Tale, Little Sid, and One Day a Dot; and the middle grade novel The First Dinosaur (illustrated by C.M. Butzer). If he had to be one sort of dinosaur, he’d probably be a chicken (yes, they’re dinosaurs, too).
C.M. Butzer was raised in a small town, just outside of Portland, Oregon. In 1992 Butzer left Oregon to attend Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where he earned a BFA in illustration. After school he worked for Wizards of the Coast. In 1998 he moved to Florence, Italy, where he met Luigi Galante, who ran a didactic illustration studio. He worked for Studio Galante for nearly five years before moving to New York City to earn his MFA in illustration at the School Visual Arts. In 2009 he published Gettysburg, his first graphic novel. He taught “Creating Independent Comics” at SVA and is working on new comics, screenprints, and a myriad of thing drawn and printed. Butzer also works as an illustrator, storyboard, and concept artist out of his studio in Hilo, Hawaii. His work has been featured in the Society of Illustrators, American Library Association, and the Graphic Novel Reporter.
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