Books with author Illustrated by Tudor Humphries By (author) Judy Allen

Do not go where humans go. You could get squashed. You move too slowly to get out of the way. Watch out for that giant foot! Be careful of the poison in the garden! When you look at life from the perspective of a small mollusk, the backyard suddenly becomes a daunting place. A young snail faces many challenges as it tries to grow safely into an adult, while continuing on its daily quest for food. All the facts a young child needs to understand the life of this intriguing backyard creatures are packed into an engaging narrative.

With their sharp teeth, massive size, and otherworldly shapes, dinosaurs are an endlessly fascinating topic for children. BY starting with children's most common questions, this book's accessible approach lets them uncover all kinds of extraordinary facts about favorite topics like feeding and nesting, fighting, defense, and adaptation. In Flip The Flaps: Dinosaurs by Judy Allen with illustrations by Tudor Humphries, readers can watch a T-Rex tear at the pages, a Diplodocus move its whip-like tail, and a Triceratops charge at a predator. Roaaarrr!

This series of books is the perfect introduction to the natural world for young children of pre-school age. Each book uses a series of statements, complemented by detailed and imaginative artwork, to help children differentiate between themselves as humans and a particular small animal. Most of these animals can be found just outside the back door, and will be familiar to children. The statements relate to the animal's appearance, life cycle, appetite and predators. They are fun - in some instances, grisly! - and informative. The books are suitable for parents to read alound or for the child to read alone.

Flip the flaps to find answers about favorite prehistoric reptiles. Watch a Diplodocus ward off a predator with its tail. Observe the preservation of a dinosaur fossil. Dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes stomp and pounce their way through the pages of this fact-filled book as scene changes provide a glimpse of the world millions of years ago.Flip The Flaps: Dinosaurs is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.