The Dinosaur Who Lived In My Backyard (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Picture Puffins) [School & Library Binding]

B.G. Hennessy (Author), Susan Davis (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Picture Puffins

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A young boy imagines what it was like long ago when a dinosaur lived in his backyard

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

About midway into this story, what has appeared to be a young boy's wishful thinking becomes a smooth piece of nonfiction, charmingly packed with facts by Hennessy. The narrator tells how the dinosaur hatched, how large it grew and how much it weighed, in scenes that are part of his backyard. But soon the backgrounds change, and the dinosaur becomes part of the past, playing with the other species now extinct, on land that only millions of years later would become this child's neighborhood. Davis, illustrator of When Daddy Comes Home and Waiting for Mom, adds an appealing number of odd perspectives in what is becoming her characteristic souped-up pastels: a dinosaur foot next to a sandbox; a dinosaur jumping into the air, much larger than the house behind it; the boy and his sister, with a bushel- and wagonfull of lima beans, hoping for the dinosaur's return. Ages 3-8.
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (June 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 083354618X
• ISBN-13: 978-0833546180
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,351,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

B. G. Hennessy has authored over 35 children's books including the entire series of CORDUROY lift-the-flap books. With nearly four million books in print in ten languages, her writing awards and honors include two Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Awards an IRA/Children's Choice Award Book and a Best Book of the Year by the Bank Street College of Education. She recently authored CORDUROY LOST AND FOUND, a companion to Don Freeman's beloved Corduroy bear series. More information on her books can be found at www.bghennessy.com. Ms. Hennessy lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona with her family.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a hit, April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard (Picture Puffins) (Paperback)

My 3yr old loved this book. We had several new books on dinosaurs to choose from, and this is one he wanted to read over again. It's simple content brought dinosaur comparisons into his every day life: sandbox, basketball, cars, schoolbus, hide and seek and more...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dinosaur Who Lived In My Backyard, September 19, 2005

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This review is from: The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard (Picture Puffins) (Paperback)

My son is 3 years old and totally into dinosaurs. He loves this book and we read it every night at bedtime. It is a book that relates the time of the dinosaur to todays world. Very good.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Review by Arthur & Gabe, March 11, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard (Picture Puffins) (Paperback)

This story is about a dinosaur that lived in a little boy's backyard. The dinosaur's foot was bigger than the little boy & girl's sandbox. By the time the dino was five, the dino was bigger than the children's car.

We like that this story has dinos. We like the whole book. We think it would be for third graders and down.