Product Description

Joe and his pet dinosaur, Betsy, are ready for a fun-filled day in the snow. But as soon as they go out . . .

Kerplunk!
Crash!
Bang!

Betsy slides down the hill and crashes right through the ice, her big feet samsh the steps of the lions' den, and her sneeze blows the chimney off the bears' house. Poor Betsy! She's too big for her own good -- or is she?

Lillian Hoban tells a warm and funny story that's just right for beginning readers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131347 in Books
• Published on: 1996-02-29
• Released on: 1996-01-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

About the Author

Lillian Hoban's books for children have been working magic for nearly thirty years. Her illustrations can help change an unfamiliar setting-like a museum filled with dinosaurs and whales-into a wondrous adventure, and her words and pictures together can transform chimpanzees and badgers into very real companions for the youngest reader.

Ms. Hoban was born and raised in Philadelphia. Among the first books she illustrated were the ever-popular "Frances" books, and several years later she wrote and illustrated Arthur's Christmas Cookies, thereby ushering in her beloved 'Arthur" series.

In 1967 Ms. Hoban was asked to illustrate Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen. It was the beginning of an enormously popular collaboration that produced more that a dozen books about Jim, Paul, Danny, Anna Maria, and the rest of the first-grade classcharacters as familiar to children as their own classmates.

Perhaps the key to the unfailing popularity of Ms. Hoban's stories and illustrations is that she's long been a keen observer of children, having had firsthand experience raising four of her own.

Lillian Hoban lives in Connecticut.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful
I bought this book for my 5 year old daughter. I thought that she would like the book and her older brother would get to look at it and maybe help her read the book some. That is not what happen, she absolutely loves this book she reads it over and over again. She carries the book everywhere we go :) She only ask for help when she gets stuck on a word which isn't very often anymore. I would highly recommend this book for early reads :)