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Boo's surprise

Title:

Boo's surprise

Author:

Byars, Betsy Cromer, author.

Brooks, Erik, 1972- illustrator.

Summary:

Boo finds an egg that hatches into a new dinosaur.

General Note:

Sequel to: Boo's dinosaur.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

45 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject Term:

Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Brooks, Erik, 1972-

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Publication Date:

2009

ISBN:

9780805088175

Publication Information:

New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.

Call Number:

J BYARS

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"A dinosaur! A new dinosaur!" Boo shouted. "This dinosaur left me a big surprise."

Boo is excited to receive a giant egg--and to find out what's inside! Her brother, Sammy, is not--but he is still willing to help her after the egg hatches into a lovable baby dinosaur. Is it all Boo's imagination or not? The youngest chapter book reader will want to find out in this wonderfully imaginative sequel to Boo's Dinosaur .

Author Notes

Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look.

Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995).

Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography)

Excerpts

BOO'S SURPRISE 1 The Surprise B oo ran into the house. "A dinosaur! A new dinosaur!" she shouted. "Not another one," her brother, Sammy, said. "Sammy, this was so exciting," Boo said. "I was sitting in the tree reading a book." "That was exciting--reading a book in a tree? I do that all the time." "I'm getting to the exciting part," said Boo. "I was reading my book, and I heard a very, very heavy thump behind the trees." "Something was behind the trees?" "Yes, and I knew it was a dinosaur because the thump was very, very loud. I have heard dinosaurs thump like that before." "So you went behind the trees and there it was. Big deal," said Sammy. "No! Wait! I haven't gotten to the exciting part. I climbed down the tree as fast as I could. Then I ran through the trees as fast as I could," said Boo. "And there it was," said Sammy. "No! It was gone. Now I'm getting to the exciting part." "Please do." "This dinosaur left me a big surprise." "What?" "A giant egg!" Text copyright (c) 2009 by Betsy Byars Illustrations copyright (c) 2009 by Erik Brooks Excerpted from Boo's Surprise by Betsy Byars All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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