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Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

By Cirocco Dunlap
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

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Paperback $7.99

Jan 21, 2020 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

Hardcover $17.99

May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years

Hardcover $20.99

May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years

Ebook $9.99

May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years

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    About Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur

    From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!

    Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend!

    This book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!

    Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.


    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!

    About Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur

    From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!

    Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend!

    This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!

    Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!

    About Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur

    From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!

    Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend!

    This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!

    Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!

    About Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur

    From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!

    Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend!

    This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!

    Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.

    A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!

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    About Cirocco Dunlap

    CIROCCO DUNLAP has written for the New Yorker and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, as well as television’s Man Seeking Woman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. You can find her at ciroccodunlap.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciroccotweets.

    About Cirocco Dunlap

    CIROCCO DUNLAP has written for the New Yorker and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, as well as television’s Man Seeking Woman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. You can find her at ciroccodunlap.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciroccotweets.

    About Cirocco Dunlap

    CIROCCO DUNLAP has written for the New Yorker and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, as well as television’s Man Seeking Woman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. You can find her at ciroccodunlap.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciroccotweets.

    About Cirocco Dunlap

    CIROCCO DUNLAP has written for the New Yorker and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, as well as television’s Man Seeking Woman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. You can find her at ciroccodunlap.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciroccotweets.

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Jan 21, 2020 | 40 Pages | 8 x 11 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780593175682

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 8 x 11 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780399550560

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $20.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 8 x 11 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780399550591

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    May 29, 2018 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780399550607

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    Praise

    “Crunch is a hot-pink, nonthreatening dinosaur. An unseen narrator gives readers a series of directions on how to interact with him, setting up an entertaining, interactive story experience. Larger lessons about how to relate to others lurk beneath the surface of this lighthearted tale. An excellent interactive choice.“
     -School Library Journal  


     ”The illustrations will have children and adults chuckling, as the not-insubstantial Crunch attempts to hide in the boughs of a rather small tree and as his expressions change from dubious to delighted.” -Kirkus Reviews

    Awards

    Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books SELECTION 2018

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