Time Flies
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Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · 1994

Time Flies

By Eric Rohmann

A bird's journey through time reveals a prehistoric connection.

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32 pages

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In a mesmerizing, wordless journey, a bird finds itself trapped in a dinosaur exhibit, exploring the ancient link between birds and dinosaurs. As it navigates this prehistoric world, the bird's adventure becomes a vivid exploration of time and evolution. Will it escape unscathed, and what secrets of the past will it uncover? Dive into this captivating tale where science and imagination soar together.

From the publisher

Eric Rohmann’s Caldecott Honor-winning debut is now available as a “Dragonfly” paperback. It is at once a wordless time-travel adventure anda meditation on the scientific theory that dinosaurs were the evolutionaryancestors of birds. “The New York Times Book Review” called “TimeFlies” “a work of informed imagination and masterly storytellingunobtrusively underpinned by good science…an entirely absorbing narrativemade all the more rich by its wordlessness.” “Kirkus Reviews” hailed it as”a splendid debut.”

Awards

Caldecott Honor (1995)
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Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Reading age
3–7
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about birdsBooks about dinosaursBooks about technologyBooks about dinosaurs and prehistoric creaturesBooks about time travel
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The fine print

Book details

Publication
Published
October 15, 1997
First published
March 1, 1994
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780517885550

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