If You Happen To Have A Dinosaur

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If you happen to have a dinosaur 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! 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!

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SELECTION -Todays Parents list of Top 15 Picture Books, 2014

PRAISE FOR If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur:

"Its 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 arent many books that have the courage to be this silly . . . Simply wonderful."--The Globe and Mail

Author Bio

Award-winning author LINDA BAILEY has written more than twenty books for children in a number of different genres, including the best-selling Stanley-the-dog series, The Farm Team, the Stevie Diamond Mysteries, the Good Times Travel Agency series, and most recently, Toads on Toast, also illustrated by Colin Jack. Known for her wonderful sense of humor, evident in almost all her stories, Linda has garnered a long list of honors in both Canada and the United States such as the Ontario Blue Spruce Award, the Atlantic Provinces Hackmatack Award, the Arthur Ellis Award (Crime Writers of Canada), the California Young Reader Medal, and the Georgia Storybook Award. COLIN JACKis the incredibly talented illustrator of several books for children including the Galaxy Zack series, Toads on Toast and 1 Zany Zoo. He also works as a story artist and character designer at Dreamworks, and has been involved in such productions as Hotel Transylvania, Grossology and Ed, Edd n Eddy.