Dinosaurs #1: In the Beginning...

by Arnaud Plumeri, Bloz (Illustrator)

Overview

Think you know everything there is to know about dinosaurs? Think again! In this brand new series, kid dinos show us what their lives were like in short, funny, teeth-gnashing bursts of prehistoric mayhem. DINOSAURS is your guided tour through the rough-and-tumble world of the mightiest beasts to ever walk the earth!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597079372
Publisher:	Papercutz
Publication date:	01/07/2014
Series:	Dinosaurs Graphic Novels , #1
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	36 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

ARNAUD PLUMERI has been a fanatic of paleontology and comics since early childhood. After many years of research, he's finally able to bring these two passions together in DINOSAURS.

BLOZ has illustrated several best-selling graphic novel series. DINOSAURS gives him the opportunity to show yet another facet of his talent, all while pleasing his kids!

Editorial Reviews

11/04/2013
The French team of Plumeri and Bloz blend wisecracking comedy with solid information about dinosaurs giant and tiny in this roaring (no pun intended) kickoff to a graphic novel series. In nearly 40 mostly one-page episodes, Plumeri profiles dozens of dinosaurs and covers topics that include continental drift, different prehistoric eras, coprolites (“in other words, fossilized dinosaur droppings!”), and possible reasons for the dinosaurs’ disappearance. Comedic anachronisms and punny one-liners are abundant. In one scene, two tyrannosaurs discuss the pros and cons of eating a potentially dangerous triceratops, with one calling them a “super practical” meal. “You don’t just get the meat: it also comes with toothpicks,” the T-rex explains, giving readers a demonstration. Bloody moments are frequent, but Bloz’s vintage-style cartooning never lets the dinosaurs’ eat-or-be-eaten existence become gruesome. The team skillfully uses humor to correct misinformation about dinosaurs, too: what looks to be an epic fight between spinosaurus and tyrannosaurus rex ends with a whimper when one contender vanishes. “Who will emerge the victor in this clash of the titans? No one, because these two dinosaurs... never existed in the same period.” Ages 6–11. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

03/01/2014
Gr 2–5—This new graphic novel series is chock-full of dinosaur facts. Each chapter focuses on a different species and includes a sidebar of quick facts. The story line is a bit odd (readers follow different dinosaurs during their prehistoric period while a wacky paleontologist appears with his dog to explain further fossil facts), but dino enthusiasts who enjoy a bit of the absurd will not mind. Back matter includes dinosaur terms and a glossary with additional information. The illustrations are zany and engaging, but the small font size may discourage some readers.—Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI

School Library Journal

2013-11-13
Kicking off a new comics series, over a dozen smart-mouthed dinosaurs strut their stuff amid added disquisitions on reptilian relatives, fossil bones, continental drift, coprolites and other topics of dino-interest. For the most part, each page is an individual miniepisode framed in small, squared-off cartoon panels. Along with occasional appearances by paleontologist "Indino Jones," the cast includes a range of toothy carnivores, from T. Rex to Velociraptor, and vegetarians, like Diplodocus and Triceratops. The dinos exchange wisecracks ("HEY, TYRANT! YOU'RE SO UGLY YOU LOOK LIKE MY BUTT!") while demonstrating offensive and defensive features, distinctive crests or other decorations and (usually) messy eating habits. Along with the snarky dialogue, some amusing byplay is provided by a diminutive Compsognathus who recurrently pops up to get stomped or come to some other bad end. Despite the seemingly casual plotlines and comical cartoon art, distinctions between reptiles and dinosaurs, dinos that actually lived in different eras and other fine points of dinosaurology are carefully laid out. Moreover, boxes in the lower corners contain specific summary facts about each creature that are repeated in the closing glossary. This stimulating mix of hard information and prehistoric hijinks bodes well for subsequent volumes. (Graphic fiction/nonfiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews