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Author:

Lewis, J. Patrick, author.

Title:

Last laughs : prehistoric epitaphs / J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Jeffrey Stewart Timmins.

Publisher:

Charlesbridge,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Dinosaurs--Juvenile humor.
Dinosaurs--Juvenile poetry.

Other Authors:

Yolen, Jane, author.
Timmins, Jeffrey Stewart, illustrator.

Contents:

little about layers. Plesiosaur sticks his neck out -- Pterrible pterosaur pterminated -- Diplodocus has a lump in her throat -- Allosaurus, rest in pieces -- Iguanodon, alas lon gone -- Minmi moans in the Outback -- SuperCroc plot -- Why no Spinosaurus? -- Too much velocity, Velociraptor -- Troodon, a snaggletoothed youth -- Tricera blew her top -- Fossil fuel: Kol -- Fooling with T. rex -- Terror bird kicks the bucket -- Basilosaurus: whale of a beast or beastly whale? -- Scat, old saber-toothed cat -- Crying (dire) wolf -- Holy moly, wooly mammoth -- Dinosaur doomstones -- A little about layers.

Summary:

Macabre, ironic, and witty epitaphs share how prehistoric creatures like the terror bird, the woolly mammoth, and the T-rex met their demise. The ever-entertaining J. Patrick Lewis and the inimitable Jane Yolen offer a collection organized by era, with posthumous poems paired with short secondary text providing additional, factual information about each creature.

ISBN:

1580897061
9781580897068

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945884975

LCCN:

2016009218

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

VEPB334 -- Clermont Public Library (Clermont)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

NSPC983 -- Manly Public Library (Manly)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)