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Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Contributor(s): Viorst, Judith (Author), Smith, Lane (Illustrator)

ISBN: 1416999612 ISBN-13: 9781416999614
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010
Click for more in this series: Junior Library Guild Selection

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2009031664

Age Level: 6-10

Grade Level: 1-5

Lexile Measure: 790(Not Available)

Series: Junior Library Guild Selection

Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.54" W x 9.54" L (0.70 lbs) 128 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Monarch Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2013
Land of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2012
Beehive Awards, Winner, Fiction, 2013
Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2012
Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award, Winner, Transitional Fiction, 2011

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2010
Booklist 09/01/2010 pg. 105
School Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 135
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 08/30/2010 pg. 53
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2010 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 61
BookPage 09/01/2010

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 139116
Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
It's Lulu's birthday and she's decided she'd like a pet brontosaurus as a present. When Lulu's parents tell her that's not possible, Lulu gets very upset. She does not like it when things don't go her way. So she takes matters into her own hands and storms off into the forest to find herself a new pet, all the way singing:

I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, gonna, get
a bronto-bronto-bronto-bronto-saurus for a pet

In the forest Lulu encounters a number of animals; a snake, a tiger, a bear, all of whom don't particularly impress her. And then she finds him...a beautiful, long-necked, gentle, graceful brontosaurus. And he completely agrees with Lulu that having a pet would be a wonderful thing, indeed Lulu thinks she's gotten her birthday wish at last. Until she realizes that Mr. Brontosaurus thinks that she would make an ideal pet for him

How will Lulu ever get out of this sticky situation without throwing a fit (Mr. B does not respond well to those), or using force (Mr. B is much to tall to bonk on the head with her suitcase), or smushing her pickle sandwich?

Contributor Bio(s): Viorst, Judith: - Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety.Smith, Lane: - Lane Smith is the author-illustrator of Grandpa Green and the illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, both Caldecott Honor winners. His books have appeared on the New York Times Best Illustrated list four times, and several of his books, including It's a Book and John, Paul, George & Ben, have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with book designer Molly Leach in rural Connecticut, and can be visited at LaneSmithBooks.com.

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