When Dinosaurs Go Visiting - Hardcover

Martin, Linda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811801225 ISBN 13: 9780811801225

Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc, 1993

Synopsis

A tale of a group of playful and popular dinosaurs describes what happens when they engage in their favorite activities--dancing and socializing.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda Martin lives in Colorado Springs, likes crossword puzzles, gourmet food, and antique books and things. This is her first children's book, and she says it was lots of fun to do, but now she is anxious to get started on book number two.

Review:

The affable dinos in this adorable rhyming story have perfect manners...People

--PEOPLE MAGAZINE,
The affable dinos in this adorable rhyming story have perfect manners; they always brush their teeth, use their napkins and help with the dishes.

--LIBRARY TALK, December 1993
Silliness takes over completely in When Dinosaurs Go Visiting ($11.95 hc., 32pp.), which shows dinosaur families wearing clothes, living in houses, driving cars and taking along their favorite recipe (omnivore souffle) when they go to a party.

--PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, September 1993
Combining the ever-popular dinosaur motif with a lesson on etiquette, debut author Martin imagines several of the prehistoric lizards in a contemporary human setting. Here, a suburban dino family dresses in snappy clothes, hops in the convertible and goes to spend a day with friends. Careful observers of modern manners, the reptiles thoughtfully bring a covered dish (omnivore souffle) and help wash the dishes after the main meal. Run-of-the-mill rhymes ("Their friends are glad to see them. / It's a very happy scene, / A house that's full of dinosaurs / So bright and shiny green") accompany Martin's harmlessly cute cartoons, which depict a biologically unlikely family of a father stegosaurus, a mother tyrannosaurus and their triceratops son. Even peripheral dinophiles may challenge such inaccuracies as the cheerful coexistence of a brontosaurus and a same-size pterodactyl; nevertheless, role-playing dino-wannabes may pick up some pointers on politeness from Martin's fossil-age family. Ages 2-6.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0811801225
• ISBN 13: 9780811801225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32