Dinosaurs and all that rubbish

Dinosaurs have taken over the Earth! They're stomping and stamping all over the place. Young readers will love finding out why in this classic environmental tale from best-selling author/illustrator Michael Foreman. A fable for our time, and as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1972.

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Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780736863254

Collation

24 pages : illustration ; 18 cm

Series Title

Caring for the earth

Call Number

363.7 NEL

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