The Dinosaur That Followed Me Home [Turtleback]

Bruce Coville (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606032126
• ISBN-13: 978-0606032124
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time as a child, dodging cows and chores to the best of his ability. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, and still has fond memories of rising ahead of the rest of his family so he could huddle in a chair and read THE VOYAGES OF DR. DOLITTLE. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. (A mind is a terrible thing to waste!)

His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.

Before getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). He left teaching in 1981 to devote himself to becoming a full time writer - though it took another five years to achieve that goal!)

Bruce has published nearly 100 books, which have appeared in over a dozen countries around the world and sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, and THE MONSTER'S RING. In 2001 he founded Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company dedicated to creating unabridged, full cast recordings of the best in children's and young adult literature.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great mix of humor and suspense, March 7, 2008

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Andrew Leventis (Lyndonville, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dinosaur that Followed Me Home (Paperback)

Bruce Coville knows how to write a funny story without letting it devolve into a series of one-liner jokes or letting the reader lose track of the plot. And the plot is good. In fact, the one time I thought I knew what was gonna happen next, it didn't happen. I also like the way he writes about technology ... he uses vague terms and seems to avoid things that he knew might go obsolete in the future. So even though this book was written in 1990, nothing about it seems the least bit out of place in 2007.