Amanda's Dinosaur
Illustrated by Gillian Campbell
first published: 1988
publisher: Scholastic, Australia
age group: 3 to 6 years
length: 32 pages
ISBN: 0-86896-430-1 (paperback)
Excerpt:
Amanda and her mother and father lived on a farm with:
Cows and dogs, rabbits and cats
kangaroos and possums, wallabies and wombats
parrots and chickens, peacocks and emus
goannas and snakes, turtles and lizards
But Amanda wanted a dinosaur...
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 Wendy's Comments:
At the beginning of 1986 I made a commitment that I was going to write. I experimented with lots of different genres during the year, and in October read of a competition run by Ashton Scholastic for a picture book text. It was the first time I'd realised that a picture book text could be presented without illustrations - what joy! I wrote Amanda's Dinosaur, which shared the first prize and was published in July 1988.
As a first time author, I was exceptionally lucky to have illustrations that I absolutely loved. Seeing the pictures for the first time was a little like seeing photos of forgotten moments of childhood, as it rounded out the elements of the story and pointed out that a picture book is as much the creation of the artist as the author.
Purchasing Information:
Amanda's Dinosaur has recently gone out of print; contact the publishers for more information, or try Amazon for second hand.
Recommended by:
Books for Teaching the 6 Traits - Books for Sentence Fluency, Primary Level (USA)
Editions and Translations:
Published in Canada by Scholastic Canada, 1989
Published in the USA by Scholastic USA, 1991
Wendy's Recommendations:
If you liked Amanda's Dinosaur, I think you'll also enjoy these books:
Aa-Choo!
Arabella
And by other authors:
Gordon's Biscuit by Kerry Millard
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
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