Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!

by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Zachariah OHora

Overview

In this read-along picture book, a classroom full of young dinosaurs plays with toys, does art projects, and reads books. But each activity is another opportunity for the over-enthusiastic Tyrannosaurus Rex to wreak havoc. Parents and young children will love the call-and-response nature of the book, and young dinosaur fans will appreciate the listing (and pronunciation guide) for a dozen different dino species. The format is extra vertical in order to accommodate T. Rex’s biggest messes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613126387
Publisher:	Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	AD290L (what's this?)
File size:	25 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is the author of many picture books, including Quackenstein Hatches a Family. She lives in New Jersey. Visit her online at sudipta.com. Zachariah OHora is the illustrator of several picture books, including Stop Snoring, Bernard! He lives in Narberth, Pennsylvania. Visit him online at zohora.com.

Editorial Reviews

2014-02-19
Primary socialization and cooperation in action—with dinosaurs, and no grown-ups in sight. Whether at the art table, doing work at the board or using blocks—"Stegosaurus stacks. / Triceratops erects. / Gallimimus builds it up"—the result is the same: "TYRANNOSAURUS… // WRECKS!" But not only does a room full of angry faces cause a change of heart in the hyperactive theropod, when his efforts to repair the damage founder on his own clumsiness, his classmates pitch in. They don't do the cleanup themselves, but they work to enable his success. That doesn't spell an end to disasters, as bulky Apatosaurus doesn't see contrite T. Rex carefully balancing a tray of juice cups and snacks…but at least this time it's not his fault. OHora adds digital color to simply drawn classroom scenes in ways that produce a flat, screen-printed look, depicting the dinos in human clothing but with recognizable attributes (they're also identified on the endpapers). Just for fun he also slips in a view of Styracosaurus practicing his "C"s by repeatedly writing "Climate Change" and a few other visual gags. Along with the pleasure of pronouncing those multisyllabic dino names, young audiences may find food for thought in the behavioral dynamics on display. (Picture book. 4-6)

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