The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins : an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer / by Barbara Kerley ; with drawings by Brian Selznick, many of which are based on the oirginal sketches of Mr. Hawkins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic, 2000Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
  • Primary
ISBN:
  • 0439114942
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 567.9/022/8 21
LOC classification:
  • QE 861.5 .K47 2000
Summary: The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
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"A true dinosaur story-- in three ages-- from a childhood love of art, to the monumental dinosaur sculptures at the Crystal Palace in England, to the thwarted work in New York's Central Park..."

SJ 10/01, PW 09/10/01, BL 09/01/01, KK 07/01/01.

The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.

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