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"Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you? And it's your brother's fault. That egg fight meant there was only two eggs left and one of them had a carbon atom that used to be in the bones of a Spinosaurus. This humorous story follows a carbon atom as it journeys from dry bones to your spinal column - and beyond! Book 1, A Little Bit of Dinosaur has quickly become a beloved book. A Little Bit of THIS Dinosaur continues the playful humor around the amazing circle of life-or the conservation of mass-and adds touch of empathy. Sisters Elleen Hutcheson and Darcy Pattison team up to bring the circle of life to kids. Each is shaking her finger at their mother wondering why she fed them those scrambled eggs. A Little Bit of Dinosaur, Book 1 ★ ""...entertaining tale... A science-centric winner, especially for young dinosaur lovers."" Kirkus starred review ""...an engaging scientific concept... bright, comical cartoon artwork..."" School Library Journal 2021 Arkansiana Award from the Arkansas Library Association 2021 Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, California Reading Association 2023-24 Indiana Hoosier Children's Book Award reading list - Picture Books EPIC! app - 1,500,000+ reads"

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Children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison is the co-author of A Little Bit of Dinosaur, which has been read 1.5 million times on the EPIC! app. She writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, two Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, two Junior Library Guild selections, a NSSTA Notable Social Studies Book, and two NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature. Elizabeth Elleen Hutcheson is the co-author of A Little Bit of Dinosaur, which has been read 1.5 million times on the EPIC! app. She was a Biology and Anatomy/Physiology instructor for thirty years. She has her National Board Certification in Science. Hutcheson has taught elementary science students for museum programs and Audubon camps. She has received many grants and was awarded the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship for Arkansas, and a Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellowship for a three-week program in Japan. She has traveled extensively to study science and nature, including Costa Rica, the Amazon rainforest, the Galapagos islands and across the U.S. John Joven of Bogot�, Columbia studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has illustrated over twenty children's books, including Digging for Dinosaurs, A Smithsonian Kids book. Among other publishers, he's worked with Usborne, Running Press, Penguin Workshop, Grossett & Dunlap and Macmillan. Follow his recent work on Instagram: @jjovenart

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