Let's Talk About Dinosaurs

by Britta Teckentrup (Illustrator), Harriet Blackford (Text by)

Overview

In the time of the dinosaurs, Brachiosaurus was as tall as three giraffes, T. rex was a giant biting machine, and enormous reptiles lived in the sea. Let's talk about these dinosaurs, of all shapes and sizes, with crests or feathers, big jaws and claws, roaring, stomping, flying, and fabulous! Discover their fascinating world through Britta Teckentrup's stunning, intricate pictures and fun, engaging text that's ideal for little learners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910126523
Publisher:	Boxer Books
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Britta Teckentrup is an international success and the author and illustrator of Big Smelly Bear, Grumpy Cat, and Clumsy Duck (all Boxer). 

Editorial Reviews

2015-06-29
A colorful gallery of dinos and their relatives, made from paint-sprayed paper collage and paired to questions and comments in large type. Originally published overseas as Big Noisy Book of Dinosaurs (2009), this version features rearranged illustrations and an abridged text that, for all its short, simple sentences, is still well-stocked with mouth-filling monikers. "Mamenchiasaurus was a huge plant eater." "Carcharodontosaurus was a giant meat eater." "Eoraptor was about the same size as a child like you." The information is all standard-issue. Along with accurately indicating that pterosaurs and certain sea creatures were reptiles but not true dinosaurs, the author provides requisite explanations of how dinosaurs went extinct, how some became fossils, and how some had birdlike characteristics. The art just comes along for the ride. Colors look dull, animals occasionally look at one another but seldom interact, and poses are nearly all side views. There is little to no sense of scale. An image of Eoraptor is larger than the Brachiosaurus on the opposite page, a pile of poop nearly rivals an adjacent Diplodocus for bulk, and because Teckentrup (or the designer) fits multiple full or near-full bodies on each spread at various removes and with little detail, the giant dinos often don't look all that big. "Think about Velociraptor when you see birds run across the grass." But look elsewhere for visuals that are out of the ordinary. (Informational picture book. 6-8)

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