My Teacher Is a Dinosaur!

Name: My Teacher Is a Dinosaur!
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593807934
Price: 26.0 NZD
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By Bill Canterbury and Jeff Harter

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You think your school is weird? What if your teacher was a Tyrannosaurus rex?! Fans of the unusual creatures in the How to Catch a series will love this new super-silly picture book, a perfect back-to-school giggle. Includes two pages of stickers! It's the wildest classroom... Read More

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Description

You think your school is weird? What if your teacher was a Tyrannosaurus rex?!

Fans of the unusual creatures in the How to Catch a series will love this new super-silly picture book, a perfect back-to-school giggle. Includes two pages of stickers!

It's the wildest classroom ever with a T. rex teacher who decorates with dino-motivation, loves to roar, and sometimes gets a bit stompy!

From crushing desks to very loud math lessons, this prehistoric teacher turns every school day into an adventure, including the most epic field trips to Dinosaur Land!

Discover the hilarious chaos when a T. rex runs the show, making every other classroom look tame by comparison. Will you survive a day in this Jurassic class?

With page after page of jokes, puns, and visual gags, it's a book kids will want to read over and over. And it makes a perfect back-to-school gift!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593807934

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 June 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Illustration: FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 24

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Bill Canterbury Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jeff Harter Penguin Books

About the Author

BILL CANTERBURY is a writer best known for his work in film and television. He has been a staff writer on over a dozen shows, including The Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, and Star Wars- Clone Wars. Bill is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Applied Mathematics. The My Life is Weird series (My Dad Is a Unicorn!, My Mom Is a Mermaid!, and My Teacher Is a Dinosaur!) are Bill's debut children's books. He lives in Los Angeles. JEFF HARTER is an illustrator working in books, licensing, greeting cards, editorial, and entertainment. He is also professor and chair of illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and three daughters.

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