A Dinosaur Called Tiny
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By Durant, Alan
Illustrated by Simpson, Jo
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Meet Tiny -- the pint-sized, prehistoric hero! He may be very small, but he's got a very big heart! When Tiny the dinosaur hatches out of a great, big egg, no one can believe their eyes! he is so small! Tiny grows --a little -- and tries to make friends with the other young dinos...aurs but they laugh and say that he isn't big enough to play their games. But what Tiny lacks in size, he more than makes up for in spirit!
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| ISBN |
9780007233908 |
| Released AU |
1 Oct 2007 |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format |
Paperback, New title |
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| Interest Age |
0-5 years |
| Reading Age |
0-5 years |
| NBS Text |
Picture Books |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
Praise for Alan Durant's picture books: Dear Tooth Fairy: This book is fabulous. Children will be fascinated. BBC Parenting Big Bad Bunny: Had all my testers whooping with laughter! Big Bad Bunny is the best bad guy ever. The Guardian. Angus Rides the Goods Train: Moving and resonant. The Mail on Sunday Mouse Party: Readers will want to rave on with this one until they drop. The Observer Always and Forever: A wonderful and moving story! The illustrations are fantastic. BBC Parenting |
| US Review |
In this readable but ultimately forgettable story, a diminutive lime-green dinosaur follows in the literary footsteps of many other small but mighty characters who aid someone larger or more powerful. The tiny dinosaur, cleverly called Tiny, is cruelly taunted by the larger dinosaurs because of his size, so he finds a new friend, a bird named Archie. The pair of friends devise their own games and entertainments, happily spending time together. When Tyro the T. rex stomps so hard he cracks the (evidently fragile) ground, Tiny and Archie lead him to safety. The logistics of this rescue are hard to see in the illustrations because the cracks in the surface are rendered as flat gray lines that seem neither deep nor dangerous. Several spreads are confusing due to the inclusion of multiple images of the three main characters without clear delineation between scenes. Tiny and Archie do have a certain charm, both in their visual depiction and in their play together, but not enough to overcome the several mystifying spreads and the pat ending. (Picture book. 4-7) (Kirkus Reviews) |
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Author's Bio
Alan Durant is the author of several picture books including the phenomenally best-selling 'Dear Tooth Fairy' for Walker Books and the fiction series 'Spider McDrew' for HarperCollins. He is a tireless schools visitor, and runs successful writers' workshops for children at all the major festivals. Alan lives with his wife and three children in New Malden, Surrey.
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