A tongue-in-cheek look at the practical uses of dinosaurs by a dynamic author/illustrator team. If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it ... why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. This delightfully absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs -- and the things dinos just aren't good for at all -- is guaranteed to tickle funny bones and spark imaginations. If you read carefully, you'll learn how to make your dinosaur last a very long time.
NOMINEE
| 2016 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
SELECTION - Today’s Parent’s list of Top 15 Picture Books, 2014
PRAISE FOR If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur:
"It’s bright and breezy." —Kirkus Reviews
"Buried in all the rambunctious fun, the story leaves young ones with a message that can be applied to real-life situations: if you take the time to think critically and creatively, you can make effective and logical choices." —Booklist
"There aren’t many books that have the courage to be this silly . . . Simply wonderful." —Globe and Mail
A tongue-in-cheek look at the practical uses of dinosaurs by a dynamic author/illustrator team. If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it ... why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. This delightfully absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs -- and the things dinos just aren't good for at all -- is guaranteed to tickle funny bones and spark imaginations. If you read carefully, you'll learn how to make your dinosaur last a very long time.
Awards
NOMINEE
| 2016 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
Praise
SELECTION - Today’s Parent’s list of Top 15 Picture Books, 2014
PRAISE FOR If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur:
"It’s bright and breezy." —Kirkus Reviews
"Buried in all the rambunctious fun, the story leaves young ones with a message that can be applied to real-life situations: if you take the time to think critically and creatively, you can make effective and logical choices." —Booklist
"There aren’t many books that have the courage to be this silly . . . Simply wonderful." —Globe and Mail
