In this delightful book, a small boy imagines a world where dinosaurs perform public services. “Bold lines accentuate imaginative, humorous ideas. A natural for student response: students formulate their own outcomes about what would happen if the dinosaurs returned. An overwhelming favorite in the early grades.”--The Reading Teacher
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Judging from revent juvenile book lists dinosaurs have come back, but here that's just the dream of a kid who imagines a line of newspaper-reading commuters being carried to work on a docile giant's back. . . or a crested one replacing a lawnmower. . . a tall one serving as a ladder. . . triceratops plowing fields with his horns. . . allosaurs chopping down trees with their teeth. . . and so on. There are many more instances of dinosaurs' imagined usefulness, and on the last page Most gives the names for the 23 different ones he has pictured. The whole idea proves less than fertile as we move from one example to another, none of them especially witty, but other dinosaur enthusiasts might be induced to join the game with job assignments of their own. And no doubt there are earnest upbringers among us who will approve the tameness and productivity of these domesticated beasts. (Kirkus Reviews )
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BERNARD MOST has written and illustrated many popular children's books, including The Cow That Went OINK, If the Dinosaurs Came Back, How Big Were the Dinosaurs?, Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs?, and Where to Look for a Dinosaur. He lives in New York.
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Imagination Fun!,
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This review is from: If the Dinosaurs Came Back (Paperback)
This is a great book for young children. It brings to life the ideas that probably float around in the heads of many youngsters. As a teacher I have used it to peak students imaginations to produce our own class books about what could happen if dinosaurs came back.
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I read this book to my nephews for years when they went through their dinosaur obsession stage. Now my son is four and on the same stage...dreaming about dinosaurs, talking about them day and night. The book captures the fascination that children have with dinosaurs. It's funny and creative and bound to become a classic.
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A unique dinosaur book,
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This review is from: If the Dinosaurs Came Back (Hardcover)
My son loves this book about dinosaurs. It gives a unique perspective on what dinosaurs could help us do if they came back now. The back page lists many different types of dinosaurs with line drawings of them and their names. This miniature sized book makes it great for travel.
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If the dinosaurs came back, they could carry people to work and back. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
If the dinosaurs came back, they could carry people to work and back. Read the first page New!
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- Pets in Trumpets: And Other Word-Play Riddles by Bernard Most in Copyright
- Where to Look for a Dinosaur by Bernard Most in Copyright
- My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most in Copyright
- Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs? (Voyager/Hbj Book) by Bernard Most in Copyright
- The Cow That Went OINK by Bernard Most in Copyright
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- Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs? (Voyager/Hbj Book) by Bernard Most on page 5, page 6, and page 7
- Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition by David E. Freeman on page 73, page 74, and Back Matter
- An Author a Month (for Nickels): by Sharron L. McElmeel on page 142, page 143, and page 144
- Books on Wheels: Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units by Janice McArthur on page 34, and page 36
- Follow the Directions & Draw It All by Yourself!: 25 Easy, Reproducible Lessons That Guide Kids Step-by-Step to Draw Adorable Pictures & Learn the Important Skill of Following Directions by Kristin Geller on page 1
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