Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Byron Barton. HarperCollins, $16.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-694-00269-6
Barton's economical book does not scrimp on details or ebullient hues. In colors straight out of a crayon box he provides children with a genuine ``first'' dinosaur book. The endpapers provide a vivid glossary of dinosaurs, with names and phonetic pronunciations underneath each picture. And then the sweet text: ``A long time ago there were dinosaurs. There were dinosaurs with horns and dinosaurs with spikes . . . . There were fierce dinosaurs and scared dinosaurs.'' That particular line is illustrated with a black cloudy sky and jagged yellow lightning; the simple expressions of fear on the dinosaurs' faces will reassure readers that even these mightiest of creatures could have been afraid of the same things children are. Ages 3-6. (Mar.)
Details
Reviewed on: 05/10/1989
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 36 pages - 978-0-694-00268-9
Library Binding - 36 pages - 978-0-690-04768-4
Paperback - 40 pages - 978-0-06-443298-6
Paperback - 40 pages - 978-0-06-020410-5
Prebound-Sewn - 32 pages - 978-0-7807-1889-0