If Dinosaurs Came to Town - Hardcover

Mansell, Dom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316545848 ISBN 13: 9780316545846

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1991

Synopsis

Imagines what it would be like to meet up with a variety of dinosaurs today

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-- Comically detailed watercolor cartoons show a peaceful contemporary landscape invaded by hordes of marauding dinosaurs. Unlike Bernard Most's helpful reptiles ( If the Dinosaurs Came Back HBJ, 1978), Mansell's are true to their saurian natures: Diplodocus plucks houseplants from sixth-story windows; hungry Tyrannosaurus terrorizes a suburban neighborhood; Triceratops and Styracosaurus charge an armored truck. Innocent bystanders betray a mixture of emotions, from curiosity to alarm, while a wide-eyed boy looks on with wonder and delight. The front endpapers of this oversized volume introduce the 20 dinosaurs mentioned in the text (complete with phonetic spellings); the closing endpapers present 17 additional prehistoric reptiles ("can you imagine what it would be like if they came to town?"). Like his illustrations, Mansell's text is refreshingly earnest and jovial, its comical mix of fantasy and fact striking just the right note for the youngest of dinosaur fanciers.
- Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Free Library, NY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

This oversized, cartoony book invites youngsters to fantasize about the potential for disruption and upset if dinosaurs were to come back to today's world. In a series of detailed and jumbled landscapes, kids are treated to a relentless series of familiar tableaux now populated by a wide variety of pesky, sometimes threatening and destructive dinosaurs. The text merges facts about food choices and habitat with a strained story line--a device that ultimately falls flat. Most devoted dinosaur fans seem to prefer their facts unadorned with overly busy illustrations like those found here. Attempting to cover several bases, this unfocused mix of fact and fantasy fails to click. Ages 4-9.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0316545848
• ISBN 13: 9780316545846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32