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[New York] : Harper & Row, c1988.
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While vacationing in Africa, the Lazardo family finds and brings back to America a friendly dinosaur that becomes the talk of the town.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
In an article entitled "Back to the Future: Retro picture books — déjà vu all over again?," published in the January/February 2010 edition of The Horn Book Magazine, children's literature scholar Leonard S. Marcus identified a number of examples of the genre that were tapping into and reviving
Although Joyce is a picture-book creator I had long been aware of, I don't know that I'd ever felt particularly motivated to pick up any of his books before Marcus' article piqued my curiosity. I'm glad that I finally have, as I found Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo an entertaining tale, and appreciated the vintage, 1920s look of the illustrations. I don't know that the words "Art Deco" would have leapt to my mind, without Marcus' commentary, but I definitely would have noticed that the setting and visual "feeling" of the book were historical, rather than contemporary. All in all, a most engaging tale, one that young dinosaur lovers and baseball players, in particular, will enjoy.
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older aesthetic styles, from the "Constructivist" (Night Becomes Day, The Police Cloud), to the "Art Deco." This sweetly silly little storytelling confection from William Joyce, in which an American family on safari in Africa encounters a massive dinosaur, whom they adopt, name Bob, and bring home with them, is described by Marcus as an early example of the revival of this second style, with its "streamlined, assertively modern" sensibility.Although Joyce is a picture-book creator I had long been aware of, I don't know that I'd ever felt particularly motivated to pick up any of his books before Marcus' article piqued my curiosity. I'm glad that I finally have, as I found Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo an entertaining tale, and appreciated the vintage, 1920s look of the illustrations. I don't know that the words "Art Deco" would have leapt to my mind, without Marcus' commentary, but I definitely would have noticed that the setting and visual "feeling" of the book were historical, rather than contemporary. All in all, a most engaging tale, one that young dinosaur lovers and baseball players, in particular, will enjoy.
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LibraryThing member vividp
Summary: While vacationing in AFrica, the Lazardo family finds and brings back to America a friendly dinosaur that becomes the talk of the town.
LibraryThing member cmbohn
The Lazardos are not your typical family. So it follows that they require no typical pet. Enter Bob. They find him on safari in Africa and decide that he needs a good home. I love this story of a baseball playing dinosaur and the free-spirited family who take him in. By the writer of George
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Shrinks. The families are very similar in spirit. Such a great book! Show Less
LibraryThing member kirkonly
Dinosaur Bob is found by the Lazardo family while vacationing in the Africa Safari. They came to love him and took him with them on some great adventures with the final stop being home. Bob then has many adventures while in the city. A great book for a young readers mind.
As a reader I liked the
As a teacher I could use this book to tap into my students’ imagination. What would they do if they had a dinosaur, where would they keep it, and what would they feed it. I could also have them write a story about what animal, if they could have any as a pet, would they have and why.
As a reader I liked the
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book. I liked the different places that they traveled and how they traveled there. It was a fun book just for having a dinosaur in present times. You start to think about what you would do with a dinosaur if you had one today.As a teacher I could use this book to tap into my students’ imagination. What would they do if they had a dinosaur, where would they keep it, and what would they feed it. I could also have them write a story about what animal, if they could have any as a pet, would they have and why.
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LibraryThing member macfly_17
This is a cute story of the Lazardo family who traveled all over the world. This time they traveled to Africa and found a dinosaur. They named him Bob and brought him home to New York with them. Bob loved livinv with the Lizardos and ended up playing on the local baseball team.
LibraryThing member MelAKnee
What else is the Lazardo family to do with a dinosaur they find during their safari trip? Keep him, of course. Bob loves city life, but sadly, the city life doesn't love him. He finds solace by becoming one of the best baseball players Pimlico Hills has ever had.
LibraryThing member mrea
I really love William Joyce's tounge-in-cheek humor and his beautiful illustratioins. These pictures leave a lasting impression and will inspire the imagination.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
I guess I've not the right spirit for this - it just didn't make me either dream or giggle. Sorry.
LibraryThing member catherineparry
An adventurous family gains a new member when they bring home a dinosaur named Bob. He fits right in with them, but alarms the neighbors and the mayor's wife, and is threatened with forced return to Africa. The family decides to run away with him, and eventually they are all able to return to the
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town they call home when they convince the mayor's wife that he is a kind dinosaur. Show Less
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Reading Rainbow Program Selection (Selection — 60 — 1989)
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Physical description
26 cm
ISBN
9780060230470