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Drumheller dinosaur dance / written by Robert Heidbreder ; illustrated by Bill Slavin and Esperança Melo.
Summary:
The dinosaur bones in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, come out at night to romp and tango.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781553373933
- ISBN: 1553373936
- Physical Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2004.
Content descriptions
- Action Note:
- Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph
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- Subject:
- Livres d'images pour enfants.
Dinosaures > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dance > Juvenile fiction.
Danse > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Picture books for children.
Dinosaurs > Juvenile fiction.
Drumheller (Alta.) > Juvenile fiction.
Drumheller (Alb.) > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. - Genre:
- Chocolate Lily Young Readers' Choice Award.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | PS 8565 .E42 D78 2004 (Text) | 11111001219064 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2005 Spring
A full moon rouses the dinosaur fossils buried in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, and they rise up, "assemble themselves-- / fronts, sides and backs," and party loudly until dawn. Arresting acrylic paintings of the skeletons drumming and dancing on terra cottaâcolored hills in the inky-blue night add weight to the lively but slight rhyming text. Copyright 2005 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Library Media Connection : Library Media Connection Reviews 2005 April
This rhyming story features some of the dinosaurs from Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. In a story about dinosaur skeletons awakening and dancing around, the rhyming seems forced at times. For example: "Drumheller dinosaurs make no noise. All day they're as silent as dinosaur toys." This would be a good addition to augment an already established dinosaur picture book collection. Additional Selection. Allison Bernstein, Educational Materials Reviewer, Norfolk, Massachusetts © 2005 Linworth Publishing, Inc. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2004 October #2
"Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, is one of the best places on Earth to find dinosaur bones," explains the book's endnote. Heidbreder (I Wished for a Unicorn), Slavin (Stanley's Party) and Melo imagine it's also the site of a nightly dinosaur fandango macabre. When the sun sets, the skeletal dinos "stir their bones from secret cracks/ and assemble themselves-/ fronts, sides and backs." With the midnight blue sky and red sandstone hoodoos providing backdrops, the prehistoric pals cavort with abandon to a bone-shaking beat: "Boomity-Boom/ Rattely-Clack/ Thumpity- Thump/ Whickety-Whack." Grown-ups think the racket is "a terrible storm!" but young dinosaur fanatics know better, and converge on the scene to bop along in their pajamas until daybreak. Slavin and Melo have a field day, so to speak, making the impressively detailed dinosaur frames break dance and boogie (the typography gets into the act as well, rocking and rolling through the spreads). The crackled texture of the acrylics evokes the weirdly eroded landscape, while dramatic perspectives play up the dancers' uninhibited primeval merriment. The book may well send both youngsters and grown-ups to the Internet and library shelves to find out more about the paleontological riches of Drumheller. Ages 3-6. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.