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Far out Fables
The Ugly Dino Hatchling
There once was an ugly duckling... who was actually a baby dinosaur! A dino egg tumbled through a time vortex into a duck nest, but it's clear the hatchling Rex doesn't fit in with his duckling family. So the lost dino leaves the nest on a quest to find his place among the barnyard animals. Will Rex ever find where he truly belongs?
33 pages, Library Binding
Published August 1, 2017
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About the author
Stephanie True Peters
124 books10 followers“By all appearances, I am a typical suburban mother,” reports Stephanie True Peters. “I’m forty-three, have two children, Jackson, age 11, and Chloe, age 9, and a husband, Dan, who to me seems ageless. I live in a nice neighborhood in a town just far enough south of Boston to be considered the boonies. I do the grocery shopping, the cleaning (well, sometimes), go to the gym, and operate the ride-on lawnmower with some regularity. Yes, I fit the role of typical suburban mother to a T.
“Perhaps this explains the surprised reactions I receive when I tell people that I write children’s books. ‘You do? Really?’ their raised eyebrows and open mouths seem to say. Then come the usual questions: ‘Have you ever been published? Would I know anything you’ve done?’
“I have, and I certainly hope you recognize the titles of some of my books. (If not, feel free to pick one up sometime—or two, or three . . .)
“That I am able to spend my days at such work is, on the whole, wonderful. I lose myself for hours in imagined scenarios, made-up people, or buried in research into a fascinating topic. I’m here when my kids and husband need me and can take a day off when I need some ‘me’ time. Sometimes I miss the office life I had years ago, when I was an editor at Little, Brown Children’s Books. Then I compare my commute then (a long ride on public transportation) versus now (a short climb up a flight of stairs) and realize just how lucky I am.
“Yet if it hadn’t been for those years with Little, Brown, I wouldn’t have been part of this amazing White House book. It was my old colleague and friend, Hilary Van Dusen, who contacted me about the project. She wanted to include a piece on sports and the presidency. She knew I was tapped into the sports scene because I had edited many of Matt Christopher’s sports books while at Little, Brown—and more recently, had been ghostwriting them.
“In the course of my research for the piece, I learned that many U.S. presidents had ties to the baseball, starting as far back as George Washington. But the story that stuck with me was the one that now appears in the book – the first World Series game to take place after the tragic events of 9/11, and George W. Bush’s throwing of the game’s first pitch.
“Perhaps this explains the surprised reactions I receive when I tell people that I write children’s books. ‘You do? Really?’ their raised eyebrows and open mouths seem to say. Then come the usual questions: ‘Have you ever been published? Would I know anything you’ve done?’
“I have, and I certainly hope you recognize the titles of some of my books. (If not, feel free to pick one up sometime—or two, or three . . .)
“That I am able to spend my days at such work is, on the whole, wonderful. I lose myself for hours in imagined scenarios, made-up people, or buried in research into a fascinating topic. I’m here when my kids and husband need me and can take a day off when I need some ‘me’ time. Sometimes I miss the office life I had years ago, when I was an editor at Little, Brown Children’s Books. Then I compare my commute then (a long ride on public transportation) versus now (a short climb up a flight of stairs) and realize just how lucky I am.
“Yet if it hadn’t been for those years with Little, Brown, I wouldn’t have been part of this amazing White House book. It was my old colleague and friend, Hilary Van Dusen, who contacted me about the project. She wanted to include a piece on sports and the presidency. She knew I was tapped into the sports scene because I had edited many of Matt Christopher’s sports books while at Little, Brown—and more recently, had been ghostwriting them.
“In the course of my research for the piece, I learned that many U.S. presidents had ties to the baseball, starting as far back as George Washington. But the story that stuck with me was the one that now appears in the book – the first World Series game to take place after the tragic events of 9/11, and George W. Bush’s throwing of the game’s first pitch.
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May 15, 2018
Peters, Stephanie The Ugly Dino Hatchling, illustrated by Otis Frampton 36 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL Capstone, 2018 Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
When a Velociraptor steals an egg from the nest of a Mama Dino, one thing leads to another and the egg gets sucked through a swirling porthole and into the nest of a modern day duck.
This cute retelling of the Ugly Duckling in graphic novel format is a cute read. The story started out great, but the jokes were not very sophiticated , even for a child (naming your children 1,2,3,4?) and the resolution - really? All in all, a nice take on the story, but I think I'll pass on the purchase.
EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL Lisa Librarian
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When a Velociraptor steals an egg from the nest of a Mama Dino, one thing leads to another and the egg gets sucked through a swirling porthole and into the nest of a modern day duck.
This cute retelling of the Ugly Duckling in graphic novel format is a cute read. The story started out great, but the jokes were not very sophiticated , even for a child (naming your children 1,2,3,4?) and the resolution - really? All in all, a nice take on the story, but I think I'll pass on the purchase.
EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL Lisa Librarian
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...
May 12, 2018
When a Velociraptor steals an egg from the nest of a Mama Dino, one thing leads to another and the egg gets sucked through a swirling porthole and into the nest of a modern day duck.
This cute retelling of the Ugly Duckling in graphic novel format is a cute read. The story started out great, but the jokes were not very sophiticated , even for a child (naming your children 1,2,3,4?) and the resolution - really? All in all, a nice take on the story, but I think I'll pass on the purchase.
Cross posted to http://kissthebook.blogspot.com CHECK IT OUT!
This cute retelling of the Ugly Duckling in graphic novel format is a cute read. The story started out great, but the jokes were not very sophiticated , even for a child (naming your children 1,2,3,4?) and the resolution - really? All in all, a nice take on the story, but I think I'll pass on the purchase.
Cross posted to http://kissthebook.blogspot.com CHECK IT OUT!
December 1, 2024
I've read this premise at least once in picture book form. A T-Rex egg falls through a portal and ends up in a duck nest. Rex doesn't fit in with the other ducklings, or any of the other farm animals. But eventually the portal opens again.
November 3, 2017
A very fun twist on the classic ugly duckling story.
April 24, 2018
Fun spin on the Ugly Duckling in Graphic Novel style. When the egg of T Rex appears on a farm many years ahead the "ugly duckling" isn't a duck at all. Will Rex find a place to belong?
September 25, 2018
Fun spin on the Ugly Duckling in Graphic Novel style. When the egg of T Rex appears on a farm many years ahead the "ugly duckling" isn't a duck at all. Will Rex find a place to belong?
January 3, 2019
This super cute "ugly duckling" story is ... super cute! The art is fantastic and the story matches. There are discussion questions in the back that I wasn't expecting.
February 23, 2019
Beehive Nominee 2019
May 16, 2019
The art and the concept were good, but I found myself wincing at the juvenile humor, and I just couldn't suspend my disbelief. Sorry, Rex.
June 6, 2019
Meh. I don’t feel this adds anything new to the fable.
February 25, 2022
This was a quick read -- I read it to all 4 of my boys in one sitting. Cute little story, just not much to it.
June 10, 2022
A fun twist on an old classic with a bit of extra goodness and a lot more imagination. ^_^
May 24, 2023
Mostly just weird. And I’m not a fan of dinosaurs, nor a fan of the original fable.
January 29, 2024
Fun
This book was so fun and so funny . And I like the way that it relates to the ugly duckling.
This book was so fun and so funny . And I like the way that it relates to the ugly duckling.
July 7, 2018
A graphic novel scifi, timetravel twist on the typical telling of the Ugly Duckling.
The Ugly Duckling gets a bit more excitement and humor in this version. I liked that one of the duckling siblings was supportive and encouraged the dino, Rex, to ignore the other ducklings calling him names and just be himself. The sequence with Rex trying to find out if he fits in better with any of the other farm animals is quite humorous. This is the safest of these fairytale/fable rewrites and I can see even lower grade kids enjoying this one.
No content issues.
The Ugly Duckling gets a bit more excitement and humor in this version. I liked that one of the duckling siblings was supportive and encouraged the dino, Rex, to ignore the other ducklings calling him names and just be himself. The sequence with Rex trying to find out if he fits in better with any of the other farm animals is quite humorous. This is the safest of these fairytale/fable rewrites and I can see even lower grade kids enjoying this one.
No content issues.
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