Dinotopia, a land apart from time, written and illustrated by James Gurney
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Dinotopia, a land apart from time, written and illustrated by James Gurney
Language
eng
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Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Dinotopia
Oclc number
26611705
Responsibility statement
written and illustrated by James Gurney
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader AR, 6.9, 3.0, 28451., MCPL
Sub title
a land apart from time
Summary
In 1862, after being shipwrecked in uncharted seas, Professor Arthur Denison and his twelve-year-old son Will find themselves washed up on a strange island where people and dinosaurs live together peacefully. Reaching shore with the help of friendly dolphins, the Denisons find themselves on a strange island inhabited by dinosaurs and humans living together in a peaceful, cooperative society. So begins the story told through Professor Denison's detailed and enthusiastic journal. The two castaways have stumbled onto a kinder, gentler world where reptilian wisdom has a decidedly Zen flavor: "Breathe Deep. Seek Peace. Although we find every kind of dinosaur here, it is the humans who catch our attention--characters like Tok Timbu, a blue-eyed African descended from a Yoruba king, and Nallab the librarian, who looks like a wizard gone to seed. As father and son travel the terrain that is Dinotopia, Gurney's vision unfolds via spectacular paintings that illuminate the sweeping vistas of Waterfall City and Canyon City as well as the uncharacteristically sensitive faces of the dinosaur mentors. This is the kind of lap book that readers will pore over for hours, studying the intricate drawings of dinosaur hatcheries and ingenious gadgets of every kind. As satisfying a story as it is, we are still left wanting more, since a mystery remains about what Professor Denison discovered in the forbidden World Beneath
Target audience
juvenile
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- Robinsonades -- 1992
- Fantastic fiction
- Tunnels -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers
- Fantasy fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Sea stories
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction
- Imaginary voyages -- 1992
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1992
- Bildungsromane -- 1992
- Canyons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy
- Fantasy in art -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Music -- Juvenile fiction
- Islands -- Fiction
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Cities and towns -- Juvenile fiction
- Songs -- 1992
- Fantasy literature -- 1992
- Ships -- Juvenile fiction
- Libraries -- Juvenile fiction
- Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction
- Waterfalls -- Juvenile fiction
- Islands -- Juvenile fiction
- Typhoons -- Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs in art -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs -- Fiction
- Hot air balloons -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Flight -- Juvenile fiction
- Widowers -- Juvenile fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
- Songs -- Juvenile fiction
- Sea stories -- 1992
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- Creator1
- Genre12
- Subject37
- Robinsonades -- 1992
- Fantastic fiction
- Tunnels -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers
- Fantasy fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Sea stories
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction
- Imaginary voyages -- 1992
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1992
- Bildungsromane -- 1992
- Canyons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy
- Fantasy in art -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Music -- Juvenile fiction
- Islands -- Fiction
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Cities and towns -- Juvenile fiction
- Songs -- 1992
- Fantasy literature -- 1992
- Ships -- Juvenile fiction
- Libraries -- Juvenile fiction
- Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction
- Waterfalls -- Juvenile fiction
- Islands -- Juvenile fiction
- Typhoons -- Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs in art -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs -- Fiction
- Hot air balloons -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Flight -- Juvenile fiction
- Widowers -- Juvenile fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
- Songs -- Juvenile fiction
- Sea stories -- 1992
- Content1
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- Other version1
- resource.printer1
- Publisher1
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