Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex
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Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · 2010 · Est. 4 min read-aloud

Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex

By Lisa McClatchy, John Manders (Illustrator)

A girl invites a T. rex to her birthday. Will he come?

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40 pages· 402 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud
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A little girl eagerly invites a Tyrannosaurus rex to her sixth birthday party, promising games, a giant cake, and a goody bag. But can a T. rex fit under the tent or blow out candles without chaos? Discover if her dream guest will make her the happiest girl in the world.

From the publisher

Here is an epistolary picture book with a T. rex in a role similar to that of the mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.A little girl is turning six in two weeks, and she’s decided to invite a Tyrannosaurus rex to her birthday party! Her invitation entices the huge carnivore with promises of fun games to play, the extra-large cake her mother will bake, the goody bag he will get to take home, and, most important of all, how she will be the happiest girl in the world if he comes. But will he?Lisa McClatchy’s sweet, persuasive text is perfectly complemented by John Manders’s endearing Tyrannosaurus rex, who can’t quite fit under the birthday-party tent or blow out the candles without making a huge mess but is sure to make this birthday party-and this book-unforgettable!

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Words
402
Reading age
3–7
Audience
Picture
Lexile
470L
Themes & topics
Books about birthdaysBooks about dinosaursBooks about holidaysBooks about partiesBooks about dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.7
F&P level
~M
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
138545
Publication
Published
July 27, 2010
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780375856082

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