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Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp

Carol Diggory Shields - Candlewick; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

What happens when the Jurassic gang wants to let off steam? They dance, of course! They rock and roll and twirl and tromp at the Dinosaur Stomp! With illustrations by Scott Nash that leap off the page like a raptor doing the fandango, Carol Diggory Shields tells dinosaur devotees all about...
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Dinosaur Dream

Dennis Nolan - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1st American ed edition
Format: Hardcover

It's not every little boy who gets to meet a baby dinosaur, much less to travel back in time with him to the Age of the Dinosaurs. but that's exactly what happens to young Wilbur in this engaging fantasy about a trip back to a time some 140 million years ago. Wilbur is reading his favorite...
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Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!?

Lois G. Grambling - Troll Communications
Format: Hardcover

A little boy uses every argument he can think of--from the reasonable to the zany--to persuade his mother to let him have a stegosaurus. By the author of An Alligator Named . . . Alligator.
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Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairytale

Pamela Duncan Edwards - Disney-Hyperion; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

This dreamy, alliterative and different Cinderella story will have readers doubling over with delight. Dinorella is dying to go to the dance, but her dreadful stepsisters, Doris and Dora, declare she's too dowdy and dull. Dinorella is stuck in the den--until Fairy-dactyl arrives and bedecks...
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Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Ian Whybrow - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Harry finds some old dinosaurs in his Grandma's attic. He cleans them up and makes them his own, carefully (and accurately) naming each one. Harry and his dinosaurs go everywhere together. But one day, after an exciting train ride, Harry accidentally leaves the dinosaurs on the train....
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Dinosaur Train

John Steven Gurney - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Print book

All Aboard!Have your tickets ready for the most exciting ride of your life on the Dinosaur Train!
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Dinosaurs After Dark

Jonathan Emmett - Golden Books
Format: Hardcover

Sleepless Bobby hears noise outside his bedroom window, and when he follows it into the city he finds some dinosaurs to play with.
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Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe

Brian Moses - Walker Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Down at the Dinosaur Cafe everybody's doing fine, Steggy is slurping his swamp juice and Iggy is ready to dine. But in stomps Tyrannosaurus with a wicked gleam in his eye--he's mean, he's bad, he's hungry and he's ordered dinosaur pie!
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Dinosaurs Galore!

Giles Andreae - Tiger Tales
Format: Print book

As the sun lights the horizon, and the mist begins to clear, what shapes do you begin to see; what noises do you hear? Perhaps you'll see a swishing tail, huge footprints, or a beak. I think I heard a distant roar... and did you hear something shriek? Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz...
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Dinosnores

Kelly Dipucchio - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

Such are the trembling sounds of the gigantic dinosnores. Not everyone knows that the earth used to be made up of one huge supercontinent -- until the loud snores of the dinosaurs caused the land to quake and split! Kelly DiPucchio's fun and boisterous take on a page out of history...
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Dinosaurumpus

Tony Mitton - Orchard
Format: Hardcover

Shake, shake, shudder, near the sludgy old swamp. The dinosaurs are coming. Get ready to romp. Join in with Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and friends as the dinosaurs stir up a Dinosaurumpus!Where can you find a Deinosuchus that practically pirouettes on its tail and a T-Rex that bounds gracefully...
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Bronto Eats Meat

Peter Maloney - Dial; X-Library - 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows that brontosauruses don't eat meat-or at least they're not supposed to. But one day Bronto gets a terrible stomachache. When the doctor takes an X ray, it shows Bronto's ribs, his stomach, some trees, and . . . something Bronto will never forget! With...
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Dinosailors

Deb Lund - Harcourt Children's Books; "A" First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Prepare for a high-rhyming, tummy-tickling, rip-snortingly hilarious tale of hijinks on the high seas when a crew of novice dinosailors set sail for adventure . . . only to find that something even better awaits them back home. Deb Lund has created a dinovoyage of epic proportions, an outrageous...
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For the Love of Autumn

Patricia Polacco - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

Tender and sweet: A love story from Polacco. Miss Parks just loves her new home, her new teaching job, and all her new students. But most of all, she loves Autumn, her perfect little kitten. Then one night, during a terrible storm, Autumn runs away. Miss Parks? students band together to search...
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The Super Hungry Dinosaur

Martin Waddell - Dial Books
Format: Print book

Here?s a book that begs to be read aloud. From the very first ?GRRRRRR!? and ?ROAR!? of the Super Hungry Dinosaur, kids will be rooting for Hal to save his parents and his dog, Billy, from the huge beast. And Hal saves them in the most unusual way (hint: It involves spaghetti) in this delightful...
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Buying, Training, and Caring for Your Dinosaur

Laura Joy Rennert - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

A hilarious guide to having a dinosaur . . . as a pet!Dogs are delightful. Cats are cute. And fish are fun. But the best pet of all is . . . a DINOSAUR!But how do you pick the dino that's right for you? Spiky? Armored? Humongous? Pea-brained? Plant-eater? How do you take care of him once...
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Tadpole Rex

Kurt Cyrus - HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Rex is a tiny tadpole who cant wait to grow up and be big like everybody else. Unfortunately for Rex, he livesin a prehistoric swamp . . . and everybody else is a gigantic dinosaur.With a little time--and a lot of patience--Rex does grow, gaining arms and legs and, most importantly, a personality...
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Dino Pets

Lynn Plourde - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Where does a young dinosaur admirer go to find a pet? The Dino Pets store carries every kind of dinosaur a kid could possibly want. Sure, some of them might be a little too big and others might be too fast, but there are advantages, too—a Seismosaurus makes a great backyard playset!...
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When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection)

Elise Broach - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From beloved duo Elise Broach and David Small comes an adorable picture book about a little boy who gets a free dino with purchase!Free gift with purchase: Dinosaurs! Wait - free what?! Just when a little boy thinks hes going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most...
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Dinosoaring

Deb Lund - ‎Clarion Books; First edition
Format: Hardcover

These daring dinosaurs have conquered land and sea - now theyre ready for the sky!But to get airborne, they need a plan. They dinoblow. They run, push, leap, flap - andtake flight! The sky becomes their stage, as they join an air show. Zipping and zoomingand dancing on wings, the dinos...
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