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Dinosaur!
It starts in the tub, with a dinosaur bath toy. But then another dinosaur pops out of the water. And look out - here comes another - and another - and ANOTHER. Soon there is a Hall of Dinosaurs in the bathroom. Fill the bathtub.
It could happen.
All it takes is imagination! 01 Riverbank Review Magazine's Children's Books of Distinction Award Author Peter Sis was born in Czechoslovakia and now lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His drawings appear regularly in The New York Times Book Review and other publications. He is the author-artist of The Three Golden Keys, Komodo!, Follow the Dream, and A Small, Tall Tale from the Far, Far North. He has illustrated several books by other authors, including Sid Fleischman and George Shannon.In His Own Words... "I was born in the middle of the century and grew up in the magical city of Prague, Czechoslovakia, in the heart of Europe. My father was a filmmaker and explorer, and he brought back many interesting things from his travels to Tibet, Borneo, and other places all over the world. "From early on, I was encouraged to make pictures by my mother and father, both artists, and by their artist friends. I was not always encouraged at school, where I used to draw little pictures on everything, for everybody, usually in the middle of class. "I remember with great fondness what I thought of as the largest bookstore imaginable. It was our library at home. My mother's father designed railway stations in Cleveland and Chicago in the 1930s, and my mother lived in the United States as a little girl. When the family returned home, my grandfather brought back with him a great many books, including a collection of all the Sunday cartoons from the Chicago newspapers bound in one large volume. I remember stretching myself over a page, and panel by panel devouring Little Orphan Annie, Mutt and Jeff, Krazy Kat, and the one with the little cable car. "I went from art school to art school and had some wonderful teachers, especially J. Trnka, who was a famous illustrator and animator. I remember sometimes becoming so involved with a picture that I didn't notice the night was just about over. I would place the picture next to my bed so that I could see it first thing when I awoke. Things changed when my daughter, Madeleine, was born. I began to get up at night to look at the picture and my daughter. Now that my son, Matej, is here, my pictures remain out of the house in the babyproof studio, and I get up at night just to look at the children. "I was lucky to have Quentin Blake as a tutor at London's Royal College of Art. By that time, I had already become involved with animated films. After my film Heads won a prize in Berlin in 1980, 1 did an animation series for TV in Zurich, Switzerland, and then another film in London. Before I knew it, I found myself working on a film in Los Angeles. But what I really wanted was to draw and paint my own pictures. "On the advice of a wonderful friend, Josine lanco, I wrote to Maurice Sendak, hardly expecting him to write back. He didn't. He telephoned, first from the East Coast and then from Los Angeles, where he had come to be honored by the American Library Association. By then I had a hazy idea that I should go to the East to meet with children's book publishers. "To my surprise, Mr. Sendak, after seeing my portfolio, in the last hours of the ALA convention, introduced me to Ava Weiss, Greenwillow's art director. I showed her my work, and she in turn introduced me to Susan Hirschman and Greenwillow. Shortly thereafter I started work on my first book, Bean Boy , by George Shannon. I moved to New York, and here I am, many books and some dozen years later. Before I had Madeleine and Matej, I thought the reason I did my books was to win medals and awards. Now I have received the Caldecott Honor and awards from the Society of Illustrators, the New York Times , the Boston Globe-Horn Book , and many international organizations. And what really matters to me is not awards but what children—and my own children in particular—think of my books. Now I do my books just for them. My children like my books, but they do not really know I am the author. I like it that way...."
It could happen.
All it takes is imagination! 01 Riverbank Review Magazine's Children's Books of Distinction Award Author Peter Sis was born in Czechoslovakia and now lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His drawings appear regularly in The New York Times Book Review and other publications. He is the author-artist of The Three Golden Keys, Komodo!, Follow the Dream, and A Small, Tall Tale from the Far, Far North. He has illustrated several books by other authors, including Sid Fleischman and George Shannon.In His Own Words... "I was born in the middle of the century and grew up in the magical city of Prague, Czechoslovakia, in the heart of Europe. My father was a filmmaker and explorer, and he brought back many interesting things from his travels to Tibet, Borneo, and other places all over the world. "From early on, I was encouraged to make pictures by my mother and father, both artists, and by their artist friends. I was not always encouraged at school, where I used to draw little pictures on everything, for everybody, usually in the middle of class. "I remember with great fondness what I thought of as the largest bookstore imaginable. It was our library at home. My mother's father designed railway stations in Cleveland and Chicago in the 1930s, and my mother lived in the United States as a little girl. When the family returned home, my grandfather brought back with him a great many books, including a collection of all the Sunday cartoons from the Chicago newspapers bound in one large volume. I remember stretching myself over a page, and panel by panel devouring Little Orphan Annie, Mutt and Jeff, Krazy Kat, and the one with the little cable car. "I went from art school to art school and had some wonderful teachers, especially J. Trnka, who was a famous illustrator and animator. I remember sometimes becoming so involved with a picture that I didn't notice the night was just about over. I would place the picture next to my bed so that I could see it first thing when I awoke. Things changed when my daughter, Madeleine, was born. I began to get up at night to look at the picture and my daughter. Now that my son, Matej, is here, my pictures remain out of the house in the babyproof studio, and I get up at night just to look at the children. "I was lucky to have Quentin Blake as a tutor at London's Royal College of Art. By that time, I had already become involved with animated films. After my film Heads won a prize in Berlin in 1980, 1 did an animation series for TV in Zurich, Switzerland, and then another film in London. Before I knew it, I found myself working on a film in Los Angeles. But what I really wanted was to draw and paint my own pictures. "On the advice of a wonderful friend, Josine lanco, I wrote to Maurice Sendak, hardly expecting him to write back. He didn't. He telephoned, first from the East Coast and then from Los Angeles, where he had come to be honored by the American Library Association. By then I had a hazy idea that I should go to the East to meet with children's book publishers. "To my surprise, Mr. Sendak, after seeing my portfolio, in the last hours of the ALA convention, introduced me to Ava Weiss, Greenwillow's art director. I showed her my work, and she in turn introduced me to Susan Hirschman and Greenwillow. Shortly thereafter I started work on my first book, Bean Boy , by George Shannon. I moved to New York, and here I am, many books and some dozen years later. Before I had Madeleine and Matej, I thought the reason I did my books was to win medals and awards. Now I have received the Caldecott Honor and awards from the Society of Illustrators, the New York Times , the Boston Globe-Horn Book , and many international organizations. And what really matters to me is not awards but what children—and my own children in particular—think of my books. Now I do my books just for them. My children like my books, but they do not really know I am the author. I like it that way...."
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First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Peter Sís
110 books231 followersPETER SÍS is an internationally acclaimed illustrator, filmmaker, painter and author. Born in 1949 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in Prague. He studied painting and filmmaking at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London. His animated work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He came to America in 1982, and now lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his family. Peter Sís is the first children's book artist to be named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2012 he won The Hans Christian Andersen Award.
His many distinguished books include Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Tibet: Through the Red Box, Madlenka, Rainbow Rhino, The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, and The Conference of the Birds.
His many distinguished books include Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Tibet: Through the Red Box, Madlenka, Rainbow Rhino, The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, and The Conference of the Birds.
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December 4, 2017
Genre: picture book
Reading Level: 3rd and down
This is a picture book. I find picture books interesting because I️t sparks something in the imagination or young readers. This one was about a boy in a bath tub with his rubber dinosaur. He then imagines a world of dinosaurs around him. The story line is interesting and I think I️t would be a good one for my shelf in the future.
Reading Level: 3rd and down
This is a picture book. I find picture books interesting because I️t sparks something in the imagination or young readers. This one was about a boy in a bath tub with his rubber dinosaur. He then imagines a world of dinosaurs around him. The story line is interesting and I think I️t would be a good one for my shelf in the future.
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March 30, 2023
No actual words
March 30, 2023
Nothing to read to my son
September 19, 2011
Another wordless picture book that emphasizes the power of imagination. I am starting to see a pattern. This book was alright, it was a bit simple. I think because of the simplicity of the book, it may be good for younger audiences. Unlike Sector 7, this book does not allow anything extra to the imagination. The book is very self-explanatory. If this book had words at all, it would not be special at all. It simply was too simple. (try saying that ten times fast). :[
September 20, 2016
This book was cute, short, and simple. I think this book is great to spark imagination, a child could definitely come up with multiple stories to go along with the pictures. This book may not be appropriate for school depending on the age level because in the beginning it does show the back side of a little boy.
April 18, 2008
Wordless book about a boy who is playing in the tub with his toy dinosaur and real dinosaurs start popping up out of the water and chasing each other around. Index of dinosaurs on front and back end papers.
February 28, 2009
I love to listen to my children tell this story over & over & over again. They come up with such creative plots - the wordless books are so effective & beautiful allowing each of us to tell the story our own way in our own words.
August 19, 2010
A young boy is transported from his bath to the land of giant dinosaurs. A book about imagination where parents and children need to use their imagination to tell the story. This is helped by the pictures and stimulated by the wordless text.
February 22, 2015
This book is most likely not school appropriate. It has a young boy taking a bath, and at the very beginning you see his back side with no clothing on. That would be a huge distraction to students. On a more positive side, the book has great illustrations of dinosaurs that look very realistic.
May 8, 2008
Cute. I love Peter Sis books because they have very few words. They give a lot of opportunity for discussion and speculation.
February 11, 2009
Another favorite author, he has a few books that explore concepts like this....moving from reality to imaginary world and back.
July 9, 2009
Though this book is strictly a picture book (no writing at all), it's great for the imagination! My kid loves it, and he will sit down and "tell" the story over and over.
September 24, 2009
When taking a bath, a young boy is visited dinosaurs that get bigger, and Bigger, and BIGGER! No words
December 23, 2009
Cute...Dinosaurs...LOVE IT
February 14, 2010
Really nice, simple picture book without words. The art is not typical of Peter Sis until you get to the fold-out page which has a detailed picture of several dinosaurs.
July 16, 2014
Gives a good sense of scale. We were amused. And I quite like Sis' art.
July 7, 2013
2.5
Cute, wordless, but relatively unremarkable. Fun for a little boy, with nice, simple illustrations. I smiled, but it leaves a bit to be desired.
Library book. Don't buy it.
Cute, wordless, but relatively unremarkable. Fun for a little boy, with nice, simple illustrations. I smiled, but it leaves a bit to be desired.
Library book. Don't buy it.
July 29, 2014
This wordless picture book gives children the opportunity to tell the story.
August 26, 2014
Very simple. A student could use this picture book to tell a story; however, the book itself is very short and simple.
August 26, 2014
I felt like this book really made you think about what you saw (because it's a picture book). I think this is relevant and can relate to any little boy who loves dinosaurs.
September 19, 2016
Not really my thing. When my son is older I might try it to see if he likes it.
May 3, 2017
I really liked this one but there are no words.
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