We’re so excited that the release date for Born to be Giants has arrived, so we’re rolling out our new Born to be Giants mini-website!
Lita has produced an expanded group of dinosaur coloring pages (download them from here) , based on the images in Born to be Giants and her earlier D is for Dinosaur.
And we have some pages that show the sketch to painting process for this book, and some pictures from Lita’s first dinosaur dig with the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology.
Here are some snippets from the reviews for Born to be Giants:
“Eye-catching illustrations and the combination of two perennially popular topics make this book a sure hit.”
-Kirkus, March 15, 2010
“..insightful book filled with fascinating details…expressive paintings make artful use of dimension and scale while bringing the compelling creatures to life.”
-Pulishers Weekly, March 29, 2010
“The text is a model of logical reasoning…The detailed, richly colored illustrations, which often place readers at baby-dinosaur eye level, take the same care in balancing accuracy and imagination.”
-Horn Book Magazine, May/June, 2010
“..a full measure of visual appeal.” -Booklist, March 1, 2010
“A surefire hit for dinophiles.” -School Library Journal, May, 2010
“No one has presented some of these findings to children yet. Nor have dinosaurs been presented in quite this way before. Judge’s approach is one that celebrates the scientific method, first offering facts scientists have gathered about various types of dinosaur babies, then making educated guesses about their behavior.”
-Concord Monitor, May, 2010
“Of particular interest are the juxtapositions of the prehistoric creatures with contemporary counterparts, illustrating conjectured behavior. An excellent introduction to the science of juvenile dinosaurs.”
-GregLSBlog
Born to be Giants is a 48 page picture book published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan.
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