The Adventures of Grandmasaurus

by Caroline Fernandez, Shannon O'Toole (Illustrator)

Overview

Half Grandma Half Dinosaur All Mischief!!

The museum has never been this exciting!

When magic museum dust makes Grandma start sneezing, we're in for a wild time.

With each sneeze, Grandma turns into a different dinosaur and takes off. It's up to the kids (and readers) to track her down and keep her from making a mess of the museum.

This Picture Book

• Provides a world of adventure searching for and identifying Grandmasaurus
• Offers plenty of non-fiction facts
• Great for those who enjoy active reading
• This intergenerational tale shows kids know what's proper behaviour at the museum!
• Complimentary teaching guide available on the publisher's website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781988761466
Publisher:	Common Deer Press
Publication date:	10/07/2020
Series:	The Adventures of Grandmasaurus , #1
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.41(w) x 8.33(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Caroline Fernandez is a kidlit author and social media enthusiast. She is the author of Stop Reading This Book! (Common Deer Press, 2019) and two bestselling non-fiction books, Boredom Busters: Over 50 Awesome Activities for Children Aged 7 years + (Cico Books, 2014 2016 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book) and More Boredom Busters: Over 50 Awesome Activities for Children Aged 7 years + (Cico Books, 2015).

Shannon O'Toole is a Toronto based illustrator, painter and elementary school teacher. Her playful illustration work is inspired by the unique and humorous characters in her life. She previously collaborated with Caroline on Stop Reading This Book!

Editorial Reviews

2020-07-28
A chaperone who turns into a dinosaur when she sneezes really complicates a class trip for two young museum visitors.

The unnamed narrator may hope for “no funny business” from her grandma—but hardly have they arrived than a “silver sparkle of museum dust” sets off an extended sneezing fit that sends the narrator and companion Moonie haring off after a small speedster they identify as an eoraptor. Telling the demure dino that she can’t run in the museum only makes her sneeze again, turning her into a car-sized zuniceratops. Then an ankylosaurus, and on through 11 more transformations…including a pterodactyl that guide-toting Moonie points out isn’t actually a true dinosaur. One final blast brings “regular Grandma” back at last, just in time to board the school bus. O’Toole fills in the backgrounds sparsely, and readers may find themselves wondering exactly what kind of museum this is. Still, neither Grandma nor any of the fairly diverse lot of other visitors and staff look even slightly bothered by all the hubbub, which adds an extra layer of jollity to the views of outsized dinosaurs invading galleries, trying to cut the line at the cafeteria, or bellowing a “moo-roar” (“Where’s your indoor voice? You can’t yell in a museum!”) in the main hall. A dino-key at the end supplies names and a few facts for all 14 iterations of Grandma. Grandma and the narrator present White, and Moonie has brown skin and dark hair.

Readers with embarrassingly rambunctious relatives of their own will moo-roar in sympathy. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews

The Adventures of Grandmasaurus is a pleasant addition to the dinosaur (and grandparent) section of school and public library shelves.Recommended

CM: Canadian Review of Materials - Ellen Heaney