If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur

by Linda Bailey (Author) Colin Jack (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

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.

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Kirkus Reviews

It's bright and breezy. 

ALA/Booklist

Buried in all the rambunctious fun, the story leaves young ones with a message that can be applied to real-life situations: if you take the time to think critically and creatively, you can make effective and logical choices. 

Review quotes

SELECTION - Today's Parent's list of Top 15 Picture Books, 2014

There aren't many books that have the courage to be this silly . . . Simply wonderful. —The Globe and Mail

Linda Bailey
LINDA BAILEY is an award-winning author who has written more than thirty books for children, including Carson Crosses Canada, Under-the-Bed Fred, The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library and Seven Dead Pirates. She has won the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Georgia Storybook Award, among others. Like Mary, she has been building "castles in the air" all her life. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.

JÚLIA SARDÀ is an artist who has illustrated many books for children, including The Liszts by Kyo Maclear, and number of classics such as Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Her work has been published around the world in many languages. She lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781770495685
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Tundra Books (NY)
Publication date
May 20, 2014
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002060 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Library of Congress categories
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Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
Nominee 2016 - 2016
Today's Parent's
List of Top 15 Picture Books 2014

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