Books with title Rex

"I love this father-son story about a little dinosaur and fierce T-Rex who discover that they belong together after all." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorFrom the inimitable Simon James, a heartwarming story about a surprising dinosaur adoptive dad.Once upon about 65 million years ago, a terrifying tyrannosaurus roams the earth. He spends his days raging through the jungle, scaring every other dinosaur in sight with his fierce roar. Then, one night while he is sleeping, an abandoned egg cracks open and out pops a tiny dinosaur who decides right then and there that this scary tyrannosaurus is his father. And so begins the touching story of a little dino and his search for a dad—a tale sure to resonate with families of all stripes.

Davy Ross was staying with his grandmother and just about to celebrate his 11th birthday when he received word that his parents, paleontologists for the Natural History Museum, were missing and believed dead on an expedition in Africa. A few days later, a trunk containing his parents' personal effects arrive and in that trunk, Davy finds what appears to be some kind of egg. Assuming it was similar to one of the many fossils his parents had brought back from their digs, Davy sets it on a shelf along with his other dinosaur memorabilia. During the night, the egg hatches. As the story unfolds, listeners experience an adventure about an unusual friendship in which a young boy, whose paleontologist parents are missing, who finds himself in possession of something long believed to be extinct.

Rex, a tiny chameleon, is the class pet. Every day someone gets to take him home, along with a notebook for recording his adventures. How cool is that? But what's really cool about Rex--the book--is that those exploits are depicted as though each classmate has actually done the artwork. In the course of 32 pages, Rex manages to go for a swim, fall out of a window, and get dressed up as Malibu Barbie. And at the end, readers are encouraged to invent their own adventures with Rex. . . .How cool is that?

Davy Ross was staying with his grandmother and just about to celebrate his eleventh birthday when he received word that his parents, paleontologists for the Natural History Museum, were missing and believed dead on an expedition in Africa. A few days later, a trunk containing his parent’s personal effects arrives and in that trunk, Davy finds what appears to be some kind of egg. Assuming it is one of the many fossils his parents are always bringing back from their digs, Davy sets it on a shelf along with his other dinosaur memorabilia. During the night, the egg hatches.As the story unfolds, readers experience an adventure about an unusual friendship in which a young boy finds himself raising on the upper West Side of Manhattan something long believed to be extinct. “In Rex, by Fred Yager (co-author of Untimely Death), 11-year-old Davy Ross's paleontologist parents go missing from a dig on Mount Kilimanjaro, and he finds a mysterious egg among their belongings. When a tiny dinosaur hatches, Davy has to protect him from an unscrupulous professor, return the tyrannosaurus to its jungle home and locate his missing parents.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY“The author, a screenwriter, has presented a very visual story that's fast-paced and full of action….” SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL"I like it because it is very interesting and you can't put it down. Once you start reading, you never stop!"--from the report on REX by a 7th grader who rated the book as "thrilling""an exciting adventure for young readers about a unique friendship and childhood bonding experience between a young boy named Davy, and Rex -- a creature that has been long thought extinct in our world. A charming and heartwarming story..."--MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWFred Yager is the author of numerous other novels and nonfiction books including the young adult novel SOUND FROM A STAR.

When eleven-year-old TJ finds a weird looking egg in the Florida Everglades after a tropical storm rips through, naturally he takes it home for identification. It could be the egg of a mutant duck or something, which would be awesome. Problem is, the egg doesn't look like it came from a mallard, even a mutated one--it's too big and heavy and...strange. So he hides it away in his closet and continues on with his life as usual, doing his best to ignore the creepy men constantly banging at his front door and the significant rise in military helicopter sightings in his typically quiet neighbourhood. Then one day he comes home from school and it's as though a cyclone has gone through his bedroom. Suddenly, TJ knows he's dealing with something a little more interesting--and a little more deadly--than a duck.