Lulu and the Brontosaurus

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Hardcover
Author: Judith Viorst
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Publish Date: September 2010
Series: Lulu
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.8
EAN: 9781416999614

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Overview

It’s Lulu’s birthday and she’s decided she’d like a pet brontosaurus as a present. When Lulu’s parents tell her that’s not possible, Lulu gets very upset. She does not like it when things don’t go her way. So she takes matters into her own hands and storms off into the forest to find herself a new pet, all the way singing:

I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, gonna, get
a bronto-bronto-bronto-bronto-saurus for a pet!

In the forest Lulu encounters a number of animals; a snake, a tiger, a bear, all of whom don’t particularly impress her. And then she finds him…a beautiful, long-necked, gentle, graceful brontosaurus. And he completely agrees with Lulu that having a pet would be a wonderful thing, indeed! Lulu thinks she’s gotten her birthday wish at last. Until she realizes that Mr. Brontosaurus thinks that she would make an ideal pet for him!

How will Lulu ever get out of this sticky situation without throwing a fit (Mr. B does not respond well to those), or using force (Mr. B is much to tall to bonk on the head with her suitcase), or smushing her pickle sandwich?

Details

Pages: 128
Dimensions: 9.54 x 6.54 x 0.61 in
Lexile Score: 790
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 1
ISBN: 1416999612

Awards

2013 Beehive Awards - Winner (Fiction)
2013 Monarch Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2012 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2012 Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee (Grades 3-6)
2011 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Winner (Transitional Fiction)