The Ugly Dino Hatchling: A Graphic Novel

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Stone Arch Books

Just the Series: Far Out Fables

Series and Publisher: Far Out Fables

Annotation: In this graphic version of the ugly duckling story, a T-Rex egg falls through a time-portal and is hatched by a mother duck--most of the other animals in the barnyard make fun of Rex (except for one female duckling) but when he saves them from a velociraptor they learn to appreciate his differences.

Genre: [Graphic novels] [Fairy tales]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #144170

Format: Library Binding

Special Formats: Graphic Novel

Publisher: Stone Arch Books

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 08/01/17

Illustrator: Frampton, Otis,

Pages: 33 pages

ISBN: 1-496-55419-1

ISBN 13: 978-1-496-55419-2

Dewey: 398.2

LCCN: 2017003177

Dimensions: 26 cm.

Subject Heading:
Fables. Adaptations. Comic books, strips, etc.
Tyrannosaurus rex. Comic books, strips, etc.
Animals. Comic books, strips, etc.
Fables.
Tyrannosaurus rex.
Dinosaurs.
Domestic animals.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

Each brief, accessible paneled comic retells a fable with a sci-fi twist: a bored boy in Transylvania pranks villagers about a vampire attacking (until it does), a time portal drops a T. rex egg at a modern farmhouse, etc. The unremarkable revamps are improved by thorough back matter, which notes changes to source materials and poses "visual questions" to help navigate graphic narratives. Glos.

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Horn Book (Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

Word Count: 1,330

Reading Level: 2.3

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 189571 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: GN460L

Guided Reading Level: P

Fountas & Pinnell: P

There once was an ugly duckling... who was actually a baby dinosaur! A dino egg tumbled through a time vortex into a duck nest, but it's clear the hatchling Rex doesn't fit in with his duckling family. So the lost dino leaves the nest on a quest to find his place among the barnyard animals. Will Rex ever find where he truly belongs? In this Far Out Fables adventure, Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling receives a playful, modern twist. Experience a classic fable like never before in this full-color graphic novel retelling for kids!

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