The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley

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The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley

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Summary

Can you fathom that until the mid 1800s almost nobody knew what a dinosaur was? When Victorian artist Waterhouse Hawkins built the first life-size models of dinosaurs in England, he dazzled the world with his awe-inspiring creations. This book tells his story.

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The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley

This extraordinary true story introduces readers to the unforgettable Waterhouse Hawkins: Victorian artist and visionary who built the world's first life-size models of dinosaurs!Can you fathom a time when almost no one in the world knew what a dinosaur looked like? That was true in the mid-nineteenth century, until Victorian artist Waterhouse Hawkins built the first life-size models of dinosaurs, first in his native England and later in New York City, and dazzled the world with his awe-inspiring creations. With impeccable attention to detail, Barbara Kerley unearths a story of consuming passion, triumph, loss, and courage--and ultimately, of an extraordinary legacy that lives on today. Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick celebrates this complex and fascinating individual through luminous, soul-stirring paintings that form a visual masterpiece.

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A Cold Drink of Water and You and Me Together are two of Barbara Kerley's earlier National Geographic books. Her acclaimed Walt Whitman: Words for America got an American Library Association Sibert Honor Prize for educational books, and her work The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins was a 2002 Caldecott Honor book. She served in the Peace Corps in Nepal and currently resides in McKinleyville, California.

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ISBN 13 9780439114943
ISBN 10 0439114942
Title The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Author Barbara Kerley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Scholastic
Year published 2002-02-15
Number of pages 48
Prizes Winner of Bookseller's Choice (Nonfiction) 2002, Winner of Garden State Children's Book Awards (Children's Nonfiction) 2004, Winner of NAPPA Gold Awards (Nonfiction) 2001, Commended for Caldecott Medal 2002, Commended for Orbis Pictus Award 2002, Short-listed for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Children's Illustrated) 2002, Short-listed for Bluebonnet Awards 2003, Short-listed for Sequoyah Book Awards (Children's) 2003
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.