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Authors: Dick King-Smith
trepidation.â
âBut,â said Banty, âhe canât be the only T. rex in the world. Another might come one day.â
âNot to worry, Banty,â said Nosy. âIf it does, Iâll fix it. But you never know, this brute here may be the last of them. Neither Mom nor Daddy nor your ma and pa have ever set eyes on another one. T. rex may now be extinct.â
âWhat does âextinctâ mean, Nosy?â asked Banty.
Remembering exactly what his mother had told him when he was a tiny baby, Nosy replied, âIt means gone, finished, kaput, dead and done for.â
âWow!â said Banty. âI like it!â
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eISBN 9781429998581
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
King-Smith, Dick. Dinosaur trouble / Dick King-Smith ; ilustrated by Nick Bruel.â1st American ed. p. cm.
Summary: Young dinosaurs Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become friends, despite their parentsâ prejudices.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59643-324-3
ISBN-10: 1-59643-324-8
[1. Pterodactyls-Fiction. 2. ApatosaurusâFiction. 3. FriendshipâFiction. 4. Parent and child--Fiction. 5. Prejudices--Fiction. 6. Dinosaurs--Infancy--Fiction.] I. Bruel, Nick, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.K5893Din 2008 [E]âdc22
Roaring Brook Press books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director of Special Markets, Holtzbrinck Publishers.
First American Edition March 2008
âBut,â said Banty, âhe canât be the only T. rex in the world. Another might come one day.â
âNot to worry, Banty,â said Nosy. âIf it does, Iâll fix it. But you never know, this brute here may be the last of them. Neither Mom nor Daddy nor your ma and pa have ever set eyes on another one. T. rex may now be extinct.â
âWhat does âextinctâ mean, Nosy?â asked Banty.
Remembering exactly what his mother had told him when he was a tiny baby, Nosy replied, âIt means gone, finished, kaput, dead and done for.â
âWow!â said Banty. âI like it!â
Copyright © 2005 by Foxbusters Ltd.
Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Nick Bruel
All rights reserved
Â
Â
First published in Great Britain by Puffin Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group
Published by Roaring Brook Press Roaring Brook Press is a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010
Â
Â
Book design by Jaime Putorti
Â
Â
eISBN 9781429998581
First eBook Edition : May 2011
Â
Â
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
King-Smith, Dick. Dinosaur trouble / Dick King-Smith ; ilustrated by Nick Bruel.â1st American ed. p. cm.
Summary: Young dinosaurs Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become friends, despite their parentsâ prejudices.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59643-324-3
ISBN-10: 1-59643-324-8
[1. Pterodactyls-Fiction. 2. ApatosaurusâFiction. 3. FriendshipâFiction. 4. Parent and child--Fiction. 5. Prejudices--Fiction. 6. Dinosaurs--Infancy--Fiction.] I. Bruel, Nick, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.K5893Din 2008 [E]âdc22
Roaring Brook Press books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director of Special Markets, Holtzbrinck Publishers.
First American Edition March 2008