Little Rex, Big Brother - Hardcover

Symes, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807546364 ISBN 13: 9780807546369

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2010

Synopsis

"I'm not little, I'm BIG!" Rex shouted.



Rex wants to be the biggest, scariest, loudest dinosaur in the whole world, but everyone keeps calling him "little" Rex. Well, perhaps not quite EVERYONE.



At last he finds someone to look up to him - when he becomes a big brother!

About this title

About the Authors

Ruth Symes is the author of children's books and TV scripts including several episodes of The Hoobs and award winning animation show PicMe. One of her books Mondays at Monster School was read on the BBC by Jenny Seagrove as part of the bedtime story hour.

Raised in Enfield where she attended the Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield. Symes initially taught children with special needs before becoming an author. Her first novel was the Carnegie Medal nominated The Master of Secrets published in 1999.

Before turning to writing professionally Ruth had a variety of jobs including teaching children with severe learning challenges – both in the UK and Singapore - where she was actively involved with the South East Asian Special Olympics.

Other jobs have included instructing aerobics, acting in a Chinese soap opera and playing the part of Jill Goose in the pantomime Mother Goose.

She has also worked with Channel 4 as the Writing Coach and Write a Children's Short Story competition Judge on the Richard & Judy show.

In 2006 she moved to Kempston. She is married to Eric Wainwright and is writing adult novels under her married name of Ruth Wainwright.

Sean Julian is a published illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Sean Julian include Polly the Puffin (Jingle Toes S.), Jumping Josie (Reading Corner).

From the Back Cover

Rex, a young dinosaur, wants to be big and scary, but the grown-up dinosaurs remind him that he's little, until at last he finds someone to look up to him.

Reviews

PreSchool-K—Rex is a small tyrannosaurus who wants to be big and frightening, but his friends and family call him "little Rex" no matter how scary he acts. When his parents ask him to watch their eggs, his siblings hatch unexpectedly and try to hide in their shells when they see him. Rex discovers that what he really wants is to be "the best dinosaur big brother in the whole world. And he was!" Illustrations show the lovable Rex attempting to be scary and failing until the final picture, where he is happily playing with his new siblings. The bright and cheerful cartoon artwork, which depicts a very likable dino, makes this a good title for storyhour sharing. Of course, there are many books on big brothers, but this one has dinos and a nice tone about it.—Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807546364
• ISBN 13: 9780807546369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Julian Sean
• Number of pages: 32