A children's picture book about market forces, modern architecture and ants. The O'Saurus family of modern dinosaurs live happily on Thunder Mountain until the evil J.M. Flatbrain from Megafreight International evicts them to make way for a plastic mountain theme park.
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PreSchool-Grade 3-The thoroughly modern O'Saurus family of Thunder Mountain owns a TV and a VCR, and watch Rocky Dinosaur movies. Even so, the dark side of contemporary life catches up to them when J. M. Flatbrain of Megafright International sends them a letter saying that they have to move. His company wants to level their home in order to build "a hi-tech plastic-mountain theme park" on their mountain. How the dinosaurs prevail over Flatbrain and his robot-monsters makes for a wonderfully quirky story full of humor and drama. Blake's signature watercolors capture so much emotion with just a few sketchy lines that he makes the artwork look effortless. Hoban's writing is equally skilled. He compares manufactured entertainment to such simple pleasures as fresh air, picnics, and birds singing; he exposes the steamroller/bullying tactics of big business; and portrays an uprooted family (one can draw comparisons to anything from the Indian's displacement to wild animals forced out by suburban sprawl and shopping centers). The ideas are there for the taking but they never get in the way of the story. It is rare for a book with such serious themes to be so much fun.
Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Mom O'Saurus and Dad O'Saurus and their son, Jim, had lived on Thunder Mountain for ages and ages, and they were very happy there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
robot monsters, little train Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Megafright Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Rocky Dinosaur-Secret Agent New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Mom O'Saurus and Dad O'Saurus and their son, Jim, had lived on Thunder Mountain for ages and ages, and they were very happy there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
robot monsters, little train Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Megafright Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Rocky Dinosaur-Secret Agent New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults Volume 3 (Using Picture Books to Teach) by Susan Hall on 13 pages
- Creating Writers: A Creative Writing Manual for Schools by James Carter in Back Matter
- Russell Hoban/Forty Years: Essays on His Writings for Children (Children's Literature and Culture) by Alida Allison on page 200
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