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Oliver Butterworth (1915–1990)

Auteur van The Enormous Egg

5 Werken 1,977 Leden 30 Besprekingen

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Bevat de naam: Oliver Butterworth

Fotografie: HCW 1970

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The Enormous Egg (1956) 1,856 exemplaren
The Trouble With Jenny's Ear (1960) 88 exemplaren
The Narrow Passage (1973) 23 exemplaren
A Visit to the Big House (1993) 9 exemplaren

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This is not one of those classics that stands the test of time. It is full of weird gender stuff (girls do not like dinosaurs, only want to become telephone operators or homemakers) and old white scientists who smoke too much. The premise seems interesting, but the story is boring, takes too long to go anywhere and while the idea of a dinosaur is neat, there is no emotional attachment to the creature by Nate, only a sense of entitled ownership. I quit. boo.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 24 andere besprekingen | Jan 13, 2024 |
Young Nate Twitchell is surprised when one of the hens on his family farm lays a giant egg. After a painstaking wait, Nate is even more surprised when it hatches and out pops a baby triceratops that he names Uncle Beazley! But when Nate decides to keep the dino and raise it on his own, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. As Uncle Beazley grows, Nate and his family realize they are not equipped to take care of a full-sized dinosaur, and so with the help of their scientist friend, Nate and Uncle Beazley set off for the National Museum in Washington, D.C., on the hunt for the perfect home for a modern-day dinosaur---then the real trouble begins!

The Enormous Egg was originally published in 1956 and has been a classic in children's literature ever since.
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PlumfieldCH | 24 andere besprekingen | Sep 21, 2023 |
A cute story about a boy and his pet dinosaur, who surprisingly hatched out of a hen's egg. I liked it, and wish I had found it when I was a kid.
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wisemetis | 24 andere besprekingen | Dec 28, 2022 |
This is the first chapter book I read entirely on my own and the reason Triceratops is my favorite dinosaur. Mostly what I remember about the book is how small the font size was...and that I learned the word "determined" wasn't pronounced "deh-tuhr-MYND." Important milestone in a young reader's life, that.
 
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