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Available
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Publication
Macmillan Children's Books (2007), Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
A duckbilled dinosaur, accidentally raised by fierce tyrannosauruses who would eat duckbills if only they could reach them, tries to be like his "family" but finally gives up, runs away, and finds a real home with others of his kind.
Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee — 2008)
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Physical description
32 p.; 11.9 inches
ISBN
1405090006 / 9781405090001
Local notes
Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip.