Gigantosaurus

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Like The Boy who Cried Wolf, the theme to the story shares the caution of even when a liar is telling the truth, they are unlikely to be believed. Once found around the world in the Late Jurassic and Early to Middle Cretaceous, they were later restricted to South America and Africa, possibly because of competition from tyrannosaurs in North America and Asia.

It also provides information on dinosaurs and the acknowledgement that the Gigantosaurus was created just for the book. The story is a dinosaur re-telling of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and so there is a moral to the story as well. He thinks it's hilarious to falsely warn the others about approaching enemies, just to watch them scurry and hide for nothing. Jonny Duddle has been a concept artist for Aardman Animations and created fantastic illustrations for fiction and novelty books, including ALIENOLOGY. Since then he has written even stranger tales including The Pirates of Scurvy Sands, The Pirates Next Door, Gigantosaurus and The King of Space.It's essentially a 'boy who cried wolf' but in this case, the young monster was looking for the largest carnivore ever to roam the planet during the time of the dinosaurs. Speaking as a book designer, the only drawback for me is that the typography was a little less thought out than the illustrations, the story, and the cover. Although their dinosaur elders warn four youngsters about the fierce Gingantosaurus, they still enjoy playing. However, we got a bit confused about the description of the Brachiosaurus: "A truly huge herbivore, Tiny's mum will grow to be even bigger than Diplodocus!

Includes a colorful poster and more information about dinosaurs -- including the eponymous Gigantosaurus. Bonehead always insists on being the lookout but enjoys flaunting his power, tricking the other dinos into hiding from friendly dinosaurs. The Gruffalo was one of the only books I’ve read where that isn’t the case, though unfortunately that level of attention wasn’t repeated in all the other books by Julia Donaldson. The story was like a dinosaur spin off of the boy who cried wolf, but everything worked out in the end.Three cute dinosaurs and one ugly dinosaur subtly named Bonehead are warned by their parents to avoid the Gigantosaurus. So if you have a child that loves being read to every night before bed, is dinosaur mad, and wants the same book over and over and over again, then this book won’t go extinct too soon! Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (U. Biography: Jonny Duddle (Author, Illustrator) Jonny Duddle overheard the story of his first book The Pirate Cruncher while sailing on a square-rigger.