Roxy the Unisaurus Rex Presents: Oh No! The Talent Show - Hardcover

Chen, Eva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250758467 ISBN 13: 9781250758460

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, 2021

Synopsis

In Roxy the Unisaurus Rex Presents: Oh No! The Talent Show, Instagram superstar and New York Timesbestselling author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes Eva Chen sends readers on a second adventure of self-discovery alongside Roxy and her friends, vibrantly brought to life by Matthew Rivera's rainbow watercolors.

Come one, come all to a talent show of PREHISTORIC proportions!

The annual talent show is coming up at Roxy and Dexter’s school. Roxy and the all the other dinosaurs have brilliant talents to show off, from hula-hooping to rollerskating.

But Dexter the dinocorn doesn’t feel like he has any talents.

With a little help from Roxy, he learns that being a good friend and listener is actually the most important talent of all.

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About the Authors

Eva Chen is a first-generation Chinese-American who grew up in New York City. She blames her deviation from pre-med at Johns Hopkins University on a love of fashion and beauty instilled in her by her mother, whose perfect bob and lipstick made a permanent imprint on her impressionable young mind. Previously the editor in chief of Lucky, Eva has also written for ELLE, Vogue, Teen Vogue,Vogue China, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She is currently the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, where she is guilty of the occasional duck-face selfie. Eva lives in New York City with her husband and two children. She is the author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes, A Is for Awesome, and Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure.

Matthew Rivera earned his bachelor degree in fine arts from the University of Arizona. After many years of being an art director for agencies, corporations, and toymakers, Matthew now writes and illustrates stories for children, such as Brains: Not Just a Zombie Snack and Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 2-Roxy the Unisaurus Rex is excited for a talent show. She has so many talents, she doesn't know which on to pick. Most of her dinosaur friends also have a variety of talents, including hula hoop and ventriloquism. But best buddy Dexter doesn't feel like he has anything to offer-until Roxy explains that being a friend is the best talent of all. The cheerfully exuberant art work shows the dinosaurs and dino-corns in bright sparkly colors that will be very inviting to younger readers. For anyone interested in dinosaur facts, those appear at the back. The strong message that it's okay not to have a performable talent, and that being a friend is enough, gets lost; there are twice as many pages describing the talent show acts than those enphasizing friendship. VERDICT Sparkly art work and positive social emotional message can't save this book from heavyhanded theatrics.-Debbie Tanner, S. D. Spady Montessori Elem., FLα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250758467
• ISBN 13: 9781250758460
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rivera Matthew
• Number of pages: 32