Dance
Meets Dinosaur .
. . A
Really BIG Performance!
Dance
Meets Dinosaur .
. . A
Really BIG Performance!
Welcome to Lenore
Hart and Lisa Carrier's
(somewhat skewed) take on dinosaurs and dance!
T. Rex, who's been the main
exhibit at the Museum of Natural
History for ninety-nine years, has finally had enough. The crowds, the
acclaim, the oohs and ahhs -- all very nice, but it's boring to be
bolted to a platform all the time! She yearns for the good old
prehistoric days of leaping through green meadows, of tiptoeing
daintily through clear streams -- in pursuit of meals, of course.
Then one day she overhears two museum visitors discussing something called The Ballet, particularly a performance of Swan Lake. Suddenly it hits her -- all that leaping and twirling and tiptoing around. She was born to DANCE!
Now, if she can just get down the street to the Opera House . . .
Dutton Books for Children presents T. REX AT SWAN
LAKE, written
by Lisa Carrier and Lenore Hart, delightfully illustrated by Chris
Demarest. It's the hilarious journey of a dinosaur's quest; from museum
exhibit
to prima ballerina. Readers will root for T. Rex as she overcomes city
traffic and too-small tutus, fainting dance partners, runaway
violinists,
and one very startled audience. This T-rrific story introduces a
determined and unexpected -- but always polite! --
heroine young readers will never forget.
Ages 4-8. School & Library Binding . . . 32 pp. Dutton
Books, 1st ed. ISBN 0525471774 15.99 US, 24.00
CANADA
For reviewer copies, call Dutton Books for Children at (212) 366-2323
and ask for the Publicity Department. Or fax your request to (212)
366-2385.
Order T. Rex at Swan Lake now at your local bookstore, or use the link below to purchase it from Amazon.
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