Dinosaurs Are Back and It's All Your Fault Edward! [Hardcover]

Wendy Hartmann (Author), Niki Daly (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

As Edward and his big brother prepare for bed, his brother warns Edward that the rock under the bed could be a dinosaur egg ready to hatch and tells him all the hilarious consequences of raising a dinosaur.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

When a book is dedicated "for my brothers Derek and Christopher, who came with the terror-tory" it's a good bet there's some fun to follow.

Edward has hidden a rock under his bed, and his brother(who must have read The Enormous Egg) terrorizes him with a set of suppositions: What if that rock were really a dinosaur egg? What if it hatched? What if Edward had to take care of it? What if the egg's family came to find the baby and punish its eggnapper? What if Edward turned the tables on his brother? (This book is recommended for ages 6-9, although no one older will mind an excuse to read it aloud to a young listener.)

From Publishers Weekly

A boy taunts his younger brother by imagining that a giant rock under his bed is really a dinosaur egg. According to PW, "This book will resonate strongly with readers who have suffered from teasing siblings." Ages 5-8.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry; 1 edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689811527
• ISBN-13: 978-0689811524
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,135,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever fun, March 15, 2002

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JS (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dinosaurs Are Back and It's All Your Fault Edward! (Hardcover)

Maybe we're a creepy household or maybe my two sons just identify with the brothers in the book, but my family has loved this book for a long time. The older brother's attempt to scare his younger brother is quite hilarious. But when the tables are turned on him, there is always a satisfied sigh and crooked grin from my younger son.

The illustrations are quite good - perfectly paired with the text. We've never had a problem with the scare factor, in fact for us, it was a great way to show how we can be our own worst enemy when we let our minds run away with a thought. But because the turn of events requires a little higher thinking, the cleverness may be lost on some youngsters.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Scary, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Dinosaurs Are Back and It's All Your Fault Edward! (Hardcover)

Let me start by saying that I am not particularly interested in anodine children's fare, or over-sentimentalising. However, there were are couple of things about this book that made it less than successful in our household. First, because the story is told entirely in dialogue and no narration, it is a bit harder for a younger child to grasp the interaction between the characters. The adult reader would have to distinguish through voices if the child is not an independent reader. Second, it is quite scary - certainly too scary for our son at bedtime when he was a rather sensitive 5 year old. Nightmare territory! Other kids might have no problems, but just a warning ... The story is quite entertaining, and after age 7, say, when children are able to think more abstractly, it might be a bigger success, when kids also like a bit of terror!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This Book Had Such Potential, But It Just Had To Be Scary!, September 19, 2000

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Paul Martin (Waukesha, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dinosaurs Are Back and It's All Your Fault Edward! (Hardcover)

Probably best suited for 7-9 yrs? First, in fairness, it should be pointed out that the illustrations are top notch and, the story is certainly interesting. It could've worked for my 4 and 6 yr olds, if the author hadn't taken a left turn at the end, and made the story read like an Alfred Hitchcock bedtime story for adults. It has a very TWILIGHT ZONE ending, that will surely bring on the nightmares for younger children.

The story revolves around Edward, a youngster settling down in bed for the night, who is deluged with visions of scary dinosaur possibilites by his wacko, cruel, older brother who shares the same bedroom with Edward.

There are so many other childrens books that should be read before this one. Save this for the later years.