Dinosaurs Don't Draw

Name: Dinosaurs Don't Draw
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781447254836
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Elli Woollard

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Summary

Dinosaurs chomp, clomp, stamp and stomp, but only one young dinosaur loves to draw. Using rocks, chalk, sticks and mud, he creates amazing art that puzzles his fierce family. When a terrifying T-Rex arrives, his art becomes a clever way to protect everyone. This cheerful, rhyming story celebrates creativity, courage and the joy of being different.
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Dinosaurs chomp and clomp and stamp and stomp, but apparently they don't ever draw. Except for one creative young dinosaur who just can't seem to stop! He transforms rocks, chalk, sticks and mud into the most wonderful works of art—much to the confusion of his fierce, fighting dinosaur family. But when everyone hears the THUD of a terrifying T-Rex, they soon see just how effective art can be. Especially art in the form of an even bigger dinosaur!

Another brilliant rhyming story from an exciting new pairing; author, Elli Woollard and illustrator, Steven Lenton. A vibrant and uplifting story about the joy and the power of art—and daring to be different. A visual treat and a delight to read aloud.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447254836

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Edition: Illustrated edition

Contributors:

Illustrated by Steven Lenton
Illustrated by Steven Lenton

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 3.0mm

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 185g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Elli Woollard

About the Author

Elli Woollard is the author of The Giant of Jum and The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight, illustrated by award-winning Benji Davies and The Great Gran Plan, her first book with illustrator Steven Lenton. She has also beautifully adapted Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, illustrated by Marta Altes. Steven Lenton is the illustrator of the Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series (Nosy Crow) and Fairytale Frankie (Orchard Books). He also illustrates Frank Cottrell-Boyce's fiction for Macmillan and this is his second picture book with Elli Woollard.

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