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Dinosaurs, literally meaning 'terrible lizards', were first recognized by science, and named by Sir Richard Owen (who preferred the translation ‘fearfully great’), in the 1840's. In the intervening 170 years our knowledge of dinosaurs, including whether they all really died out 65 million years ago, has changed dramatically. Take a crash course on the history of the dinosaurs with our infographic.
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Scientists at Yale University in New Haven succeeded last year in combining the DNA of a chicken and an alligator to create what some have called a "dino-chicken."
According to BBC, in their newest experiment, Abzhanov and his colleagues have added to that genetic blueprint the DNA information recovered from a well preserved Oviraptor fossil collected in the Liaoning province of China.
Unlike from the killer "raptors" of the Jurassic Park franchise, these new animals exhibit what Abzhanov describes as "an unmistakable sense of humor, and an "apparent desire to communicate using a suite of facial expressions and language-like calls."
Surprisingly, the animal exhibits a significantly larger cognitive capacity than the researchers expected. Three of them has taken up residency in Yale's AI lab, where they have learned to operate computers and have used them to further alter the structure of their own DNA.
Yale has filed for a patent for the new animal, which they have dubbed Galloraptor ludificus. They announced yesterday that they plan to introduce Galloraptors into the marketplace as companion animals for the elderly.
The study is published in the journal Evolution
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Who was dinosaurs’ favorite children’s book review journal editor? (sorry, Roger)
Xenotarsosaurus Sutherland.
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You know some fossils are imprints. But did you know what a dinosaur’s favorite imprint is?
ROARing Brook Press.
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Who’s a dinosaur’s favorite children’s book creator?
Tyrannosaurus Rex’s kid-brother, Adam.
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How did the dinosaur get to the award ceremony?
By following the footPrintz.
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What classic novel do dinosaurs love?
Allosaurus in Wonderland
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As of November 10, 2015, BORROWED TIME (the sequel to CHRONAL ENGINE) is now available in bookstores everywhere as well as online (in hardcover and ebook)! Signed copies are available from BookPeople.
In an article titled, 'Borrowed Time' mixes paleontology and fantasy, Saturday's Austin American-Statesman had a great review of BORROWED TIME, stating it's "a slam-dunk for dinosaur aficionados and will appeal as well to those who are fans of literary time travel and outdoorsy adventure."
Sunday was the launch party at BookPeople! I had great fun doing a presentation discussing the connections between the book, Charles Umlauf, dinosaurs, Johnny Weissmuller, and me (really).
The dinosaur standees for the photo booth were a hit, as were the refreshments including water, soft drinks, wine and cheese, and crackers. (The wine, from the Languedoc region of France, is made from grapes grown in Cretaceous clays where dinosaur fossils have have been found).
But the real eye-opener was the mosasaur cake by author/cakelustrator Akiko White. About two feet high, it featured a mosasaur sculpted from modeler's chocolate on a chocolate cake base with buttercream frosting! She'll be doing a youtube video on the making of it soon (and I'll link when it's available). Suffice to say that still pictures don't do it justice -- it was mounted on a motorized turntable and illuminated with a blue strobe that made it look like it was underwater!
Here are the pics:
Me and cake |
Carmen Oliver and T.rex |
Akiko assembles! (photo courtesy Akiko White) |
Presenting (photo courtesy Akiko White) |
Cake! |
Refreshments |
Signing |
Frances Hill and Lindsey Lane (photo courtesy of Shelley Ann Jackson) |
Shelley Ann Jackson and Lindsey Lane (photo courtesy Shelley Ann Jackson) |
Cake topper in its natural habitat |
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What’s a dinosaur-publisher’s favorite theme park?
Scholastic Park.
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What’s a dinosaur’s favorite literary grandma?
Stega Nona
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What’s the dinosaurs’ favorite email newsletter?
Giganotesosaurus from the Horn Book.
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“It’s National Novel Writing Month!”
“It’s Dinovember!”
Stop! You’re both right! #DinoWriMo
More to come from The Horn Book @HornBook
(Spoiler alert: there will be puns. Terrible ones.)
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The Monster Who Ate the State Written and Illustrated by Chris Browne South Dakota Historical Society Press 9/25/2014 978-0-9860355-9-3 32 pages Age 5+ “ROAR! Soozy the dinosaur is awake and HUNGRY! “Bang, bang, tap, tap—the scientists at an underground laboratory in South Dakota are busy with their experiments. A creature …
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Dino-Boarding Written by Lisa Wheeler Illustrated by Barry Gott Carolrhoda Books 9/01/2014 978-1-4677-0213-3 32 pages Age 4—8 A Junior Library Guild Selection “Team Green Machine battles the Shredding Crew for dino-boarding domination! Allo and Diplo thrill the surfing crowd, while Compy comes up short on a short board. …
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This musical, rhythmic dinosaur book is a delight for small children getting ready for bath time.
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This is the tale of Reg.
Reg, who loves to roar and gnash and stomp about.
He is, after all, a T-Rex.
Now ask any dino-mad four year old about a T-Rex’s favourite food and they’ll know: T-Rexes love their meat.
So what happens to poor Reg when it turns out he loves…. veg? Will his dino friends still accept him as one of their own? Will Reg be brave enough to be true to himself?
T-Veg: The Tale of a Carrot Crunching Dinosaur written by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and illustrated by Katherina Manolessou is a vitality packed, vibrantly illustrated tale about breaking the mould and learning to embrace difference. From the zest and zing of Manolessou’s bold and almost day-glow dinosaurs, to the bounce and energy-packed rhymes of Prasadam-Halls, this is the picture book equivalent of a super healthy, organic, freshly-pressed and delicious smoothie. As if packed with key vitamins and minerals it will lift your mood and put a spring in your step!
The book’s recipe mixes:
All are combined to serve up an extremely tasty treat whatever your preferred diet!
Taking our lead from Manolessou’s exciting illustrations I prepared some dino stencils: You can print off and then cut out a Triceratops stencil, T-rex stencil, a corythosaurus stencil and one more dinosaur stencil if you want to try this at home.
Using masking tape, a few sponges and some day-glow paint the girls stencilled a variety of dinos.
Once the paint was dry, they printed dino skin patterns, using small blocks of wood covered in bubble wrap.
Next up the girls painting a lush dino-landscape…
…before finally inhabiting it with their cut-out dinos:
Whilst printing and painting our dinos we listened to:
Other activities which might work well alongside reading this book include:
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Enter to win a copy of Ancient Earth Journal: The Early Cretaceous (Quatro Kids Books, 2015), written by Juan Carlos Alonso and Gregory S. Paul. Giveaway begins August 31, 2015, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends September 30, 2015, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
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What is it about dinosaurs that intrigue us so much? There are lots of extinct animals, some are even stranger than the dinosaurs. Yet when it comes to capturing our imagination, dinosaurs rule.
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If you had the good fortune to read Alphablock and Countablock by Christopher Franceschelli and the husband and wife design team Peskimo, then you don't need to keep reading this review of their newest book, Dinoblock, because you know you need to buy this book now. If you haven't seen these brilliant, beautiful, completely engaging books, get your hands on them! Get two, actually,
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My Barnyard!: A Read and Play Book!
Written by Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin
Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello
Cartwheel Books 6/30/2015
978-0-545-69077-5
10 pages Age 3—5
My Dinosaurs!: A Read and Play Book
Written by Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin
Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello
Cartwheel Books 12/30/2014
978-0-545-69076-8
10 pages Age 3—5
“A new novelty book featuring six large puzzle pieces that won’t get lost. Learn all about barnyard animals (and dinosaurs), as you match each animal piece to its appropriate spread.” [authors]
Review
My Barnyard will be loved by young children who are interested in animals—and what child is not? The rhyming text tells the story of each animal’s day, starting with the chickens and the sheep.
“CHICKENS ‘cluck’ as they go,
With their little chicks in tow.
SHEEP are fluffy and eat grass.
They say ‘baaaa!’ as their lambs pass.”
The name of each barnyard animal is capitalized and color-coded to match its cut-out and attached ribbon. I love the color-coded ribbons. What a nice addition to My Barnyard and a thoughtful hint for young children as they match each animal into its corresponding space. At the end of the story, the six animals meet up in the final spread. Little fingers will appreciate the colorful cardboard cutouts and the size of the book, which are a perfect fit for little hands. My Barnyard has thick, glossy pages that will stand up to sticky fingers—cleaning off quickly—and rough handling, as young children learn to turn pages.
Kids will squeal with delight at the sound of each animal’s call, be it the “baa” of the sheep or the “oink-oink” of the pig. The rhyming text is a joy to read and won’t get on a parent’s “last nerve” when read for the tenth time that morning. Having young children “speak” for the animals will increase the joy of this board book for the youngest of beginning readers. My Barnyard is a perfect complement to My Dinosaurs, the first in this board book in this series by the talented team of Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin.
In My Dinosaurs, six different dinosaurs, again with color-coded names and matching ribbons, fit their corresponding cutout spaces nicely. Four of the dinosaurs make-up the cover, just as three of the barnyard animals help make that cover come alive. My Dinosaurs has all the benefits of My Barnyard, as I hope each new book in this series will have. Young boys will especially love My Dinosaurs, but don’t count out the girls. The dinosaurs are realistically brought to life by artist John Bendall-Brunello, who also illustrated My Barnyard.
Young children and their parents will love this new Read and Play board book series from Cartwheel Books (an imprint of Scholastic). The books are realistically drawn and offer young children the opportunity to learn about animals as they listen to the stories and then place each animal in its correct environment. The rhyming text is expertly written in each book. Young children will want to go through these books on their own, “reading” the words—from memory or imagination—and having a blast with each turn of the page.
MY BARNYARD! A READ AND PLAY BOOK! and MY DINOSAUR! A READ AND PLAY BOOK! Text copyright © 2015 by Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by John Bendall-Brunello. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Cartwheel Books (a Scholastic, Inc. imprint), New York, NY.
Purchase My Barnyard! at Amazon—Book Depository—IndieBound Books—Cartwheel Books.
Purchase My Dinosaurs! at Amazon—Book Depository—IndieBound Books—Cartwheel Books.
Learn more about My Barnyard! HERE.
Learn more about My Dinosaurs! HERE.
Meet the author, Betty Schwartz, at jacketflap: http://www.jacketflap.com/betty-schwartz/16354
Meet the author, Lynn Seresin, at her twitter page: https://twitter.com/lynnsere
Meet the illustrator, John Bendall-Brunello, at his website: http://www.johnbendall-brunello.com/
Find more board books at the Cartwheel Books website: http://www.scholastic.com/
Cartwheel Books is an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.
ALSO BY BETTY SCHWARTZ & LYNN SERESIN
Hop, Hop Bunny (A Follow-Along Book) (reviewed HERE)
Run, Run Piglet (A Follow-Along Book)
Ten Playful Tigers (A Back-and-Forth Counting Book) (reviewed HERE)
Busy Little Dinosaurs (A Back-and-Forth Alphabet Book) (reviewed HERE)
You’re it, Little Red Fish (A Back-and-Forth Colors Book)
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Copyright © 2015 by Sue Morris/Kid Lit Reviews. All Rights Reserved
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Full Disclosure: My Barnyard! A Read and Play Book! And My Dinosaur! A Read and Play Book!, by Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin & John Bendall-Brunello, and received from Cartwheel Books, (an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.), is in exchange NOT for a positive review, but for an HONEST review. The opinions expressed are my own and no one else’s. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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Love the way you wrote the “recipe” of the book!
The bubble wrap is very effective on the dinosaurs.
Thanks you Claire. We’ve not printed with bubble wrap before, but i wanted to find a way to mimic the scales in the brilliant illustrations and I thought that printing with sweetcorn or bubble wrap might work. I had bubble wrap to hand so that’s what we tried!
Your dinosaurs are delightful… totally love them!!!