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If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur
  • Published: 19 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101918913
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 30
  • RRP: $22.99

If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur

Formats & editions
Paperback
15 July 2025
EBook
13 May 2014
Hardback
1 Aug 2014
Board Book
19 June 2017
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A hugely popular picture book, now available in oversized board book format for our youngest dino-lovers.


If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it...why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. This delightfully absurd exploration of the domestic uses of dinosaurs -- and the things dinos just aren't good for at all -- is guaranteed to tickle funny bones and spark imaginations. If you read carefully, you'll learn how to make your dinosaur last a very long time.
  • Published: 19 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101918913
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 30
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Linda Bailey

LINDA BAILEY has written nearly forty books for children, including The Three Little Mittens, Carson Crosses Canada, Princesses Versus Dinosaurs and If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and have won multiple awards such as the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the California Young Reader Medal, the Georgia Children's Picturebook Award and the UK School Library Association Information Book Award. Linda has been honored for her exceptional body of work in children’s literature with the Vicky Metcalf Award. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Also by Linda Bailey

Seven Dead Pirates
Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!)
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover
The Three Little Mittens
Cinderella--with Dogs!
Princesses Versus Dinosaurs
Under-the-Bed Fred
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Praise for If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur

PRAISE FOR If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur:
"This wacky, zany tale is a storytime crowd pleaser." --Children's Book Review

"Buried in all the rambunctious fun, the story leaves young ones with a message that can be applied to real-life situations: if you take the time to think critically and creatively, you can make effective and logical choices." --Booklist

"There aren't many books that have the courage to be this silly...Simply wonderful." --The Globe and Mail

  • Selected as one of Today's Parent's Top 15 Picture Books of 2014
  • Nominated for the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award, 2016