Dinosaurs Forever

Dinosaurs Forever
by William Wise

Dinosaurs Forever
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Author: William Wise
Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-10
ISBN: 014230123X
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Puffin

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Book Review: everyone will love this!
Summary: 5 Stars

The content of this book is highly entertaining and educational in such a fun way that adults will enjoy it too. I love the illustrations! I'm so glad my 5-yr old found this in her school library.

Summary of Dinosaurs Forever

Dinosaurs extinct? Never! Dinosaurs are forever! Well, maybe not forever. But every Triceratops, Pterodactyl, Velociraptor, and member of the Triassic Age can live on in these twenty-two hilarious original poems! From the supremely silly Dinosaur ball, to the tale of the gentle giant Apatosaurus, these fun, witty poems and wondrously detailed illustrations will delight dino-fans of all ages!

"Lilting, rhythmic rhymes will have the names of those ancient beasts rolling off readers' tongues, and scientific facts have never been so much fun. A collection to treasure-forever!" (School Library Journal)
Most experts say the Dinosaurs
Have been dead for countless Ages,
The fierce, the sly, the bold, the shy,
That march across these pages.
But as long as there are those of us
Who love "The Beast that Roars,"
No matter what the experts say--
There will
always be Dinosaurs!

William Wise and Lynn Munsinger team up to produce a most unusual and entertaining collection of primeval poetry. Allosaurus, Ornitholestes, Triceratops, Velociraptor... no one knows for sure what these giant creatures were like, but Wise and Munsinger take a pretty wild guess. Using a primordial mixture of scientific fact, imagination, and clever wordplay, they determine that although Camptosaurus may have been a leafy shade of green, Tyrannosaurus Rex could never have been pink. Stout Allosaurus could never stick to her diets. And Gorgosaurus, with his mammoth teeth, must have suffered when his "reptile fangs" came to grief--what with no dentists around and all.

Munsinger has illustrated several other "monstrous" books, including Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight. Her playful pictures feature the prehistoric behemoths sipping tea, playing baseball, and soaking in bubble baths--yet every one is realistically drawn (as much as any dinosaur rendering can be). Consider this, dinosaur fans: any poem that rhymes "pugnacious" with "Cretaceous" is worth reading. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter

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