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Making grizzle grow

Emily's father sends her outside to play in the snow, but she's upset because he won't join her. She decides to make a dinosaur that will impress her father, but the dinosaur has a voracious appetite. In a fantasy sequence, Emily feeds Grizzle pizzas, cheeseburgers, spaghetti and meatballs, roast tu...

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Main Author: Gilmore, Rachna, 1953-
Other Authors: Watts, Leslie Elizabeth, 1961- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2007.
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Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Dinosaurs > Juvenile fiction.
Snow > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Emily's father sends her outside to play in the snow, but she's upset because he won't join her. She decides to make a dinosaur that will impress her father, but the dinosaur has a voracious appetite. In a fantasy sequence, Emily feeds Grizzle pizzas, cheeseburgers, spaghetti and meatballs, roast turkey and many more specialties. Grizzle keeps growing and finally becomes a Tyrannosaurus rex that frightens Emily. But when Emily's dad finally comes outside to admire her work, Emily saves him from her monster creation.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Audience:Ages 4-7.
ISBN:9781550418859
1550418858
Author Notes:Rachna Gilmore is the award-winning author of over a dozen titles for children of all ages, including The Sower of Tales, A Screaming Kind of Day, Mina's Spring of Colors and A Group of One. She has won the Governor General's Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, and her work has appeared on the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age List. Most recently, The Sower of Tales won the National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Book Award.

Leslie Elizabeth Watts is a writer and fine artist who has illustrated over ten picture books for children, including The Baabaasheep Quartet, The Most Beautiful Kite in the World, and Princess Stinkytoes and the Brave Frog Robert, which she also wrote. She has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators' Award, and the Shining Willow Award among others. Born in Weston, Ontario, Leslie now lives in Stratford, Ontario.


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