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Ian Lendler

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Children's, Graphic Novels, Humor and Comedy

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Ian Lendler is, first and foremost, a person. After that, the details get a bit sketchy. We’re pretty sure he has two arms and two legs. There are rumors of a third thumb, which you may laugh about now but let’s see what you think 1,000 years from now when evolution decides that three thumbs is way better because you can use can-openers more efficiently and hitchhike with aplomb and everyone will laugh about the old days when everyone was a “two-thumber.”

But I digress.

I am a writer. I grew up in Connecticut and NYC, but now I live near San Francisco, CA. My books are below. I sincerely hope you enjoy them. Thank you for visiting.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 4,131 ratings · 867 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth (Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue, #1) by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Zack Giallongo (Illustrations) 3.89 avg rating — 1,334 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Whitney Martin (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabled Life of Aesop: The Extraordinary Journey and Collected Tales of the World’s Greatest Storyteller by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) 4.52 avg rating — 417 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nia and the New Free Library by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Mark Pett (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue, #2) by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Zack Giallongo (Illustrations) 3.78 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Day a Dot: The Story of You, the Universe, and Everything by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Bradan Lamb (Illustrator), Shelli Paroline (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 287 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information as it Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze 4.11 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Sid: The Tiny Prince Who Became Buddha by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Xanthe Bouma (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saturday by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), Serge Bloch (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth by Ian Lendler (Goodreads Author), C.M. Butzer (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 67 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue (2 books)
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Zack Giallongo (Illustrations)

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The Cursed Ground (Zora and Me #2)

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Ian said: " Did you read the first? This is better. The concept is simple, it's something other writers have done too (check how many versions of young Sherlock holmes there are in the world), but the author used this book as a launchpad to talk about everything ...more "

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Midnight Sun (Blood on Snow, #2)

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How to Train a Train

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“Rocks are the ticking clock that measure the age of the Earth.”
― Ian Lendler, The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth

tags: geology, paleontology, steno

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“It was a modern folklorist name Adrienne Mayor who first noticed that the Ancient Greek stories of the griffin (which had the body of a lion, head and claws of an eagle, tail of a serpent) perfectly described a Protoceratops. The Greeks believed that the griffin guarded treasures of gold. Mayor discovered that fossilized skulls of Protoceratops were often found in Mongolia, where the Greeks traveled to trade for gold.”
― Ian Lendler, The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth

tags: dinosaurs, folklore, fossils, mythology, religion, science

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“Geology is not the study of stones. It is the study of time. Rocks are the ticking clocks that measure the age of Earth.”
― Ian Lendler, The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth

tags: geology, science

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Polls

Shakespeare in September!
What Shakespeare-inspired book should we read for September 2018?

This poll will open at 12:01 Eastern time on Sunday, August 5,
and will close at 11:59 pm Eastern time on Sunday, August 26.

Kill Shakespeare, Vol. 1: A Sea of Troubles by Conor McCreery

3 votes, 33.3%

Deadpool: World's Greatest, Volume 7: Deadpool Does Shakespeare by Gerry Duggan

2 votes, 22.2%

Seven Shakespeares Vol. 1 (comiXology Originals) by Harold Sakuishi

Seven Shakespeares Vol. 1 by Harold Sakuishi

2 votes, 22.2%

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth (Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue, #1) by Ian Lendler

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler

1 vote, 11.1%

Verona: A Shakespeare Mash-Up Featuring your Favorite Characters! by Emily Dell

1 vote, 11.1%

9 total votes

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“Rocks are the ticking clock that measure the age of the Earth.”
― Ian Lendler, The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth

tags: geology, paleontology, steno

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