That's No Dino!: Or Is It? What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur

Helaine Becker

jun 2021 · Kids Can Press Ltd

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A fun introduction to prehistoric creatures that are not dinosaurs, and why! Everyone knows what a dinosaur is, right? Well, maybe not. Dinosaurs are actually just one type of extinct animal from prehistoric times. So, what sets them apart? Here, readers are introduced to ten prehistoric animals. Each one looks like a dinosaur. But it’s missing at least one key characteristic of all true dinosaurs. Animal by animal, each of those characteristics is added to a growing list, until, by the end of the book, readers know just what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur! A dinosaur by any other name is . . . not a dinosaur, of course!

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Helaine Becker is a bestselling children’s author of more than ninety books, including Hubots, Monster Science, Zoobots, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea and Lines, Bars and Circles. She is a two-time recipient of the Lane Anderson Award and a winner of the Silver Birch Award and the Red Cedar Award. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.;Illustrator Marie-Ève Tremblay’s work has appeared on posters, stamps and television, as well as in numerous magazines and children’s books, including Inside Your Insides and Lines, Bars and Circles. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.