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The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins : an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer

2001

Format:	Book
Author:	Kerley, Barbara.
Title:	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 original sketches of Mr. Hawkins.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2001.
Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
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 were like.
Subjects:	Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1889 -- Juvenile literature. Tweed, William Marcy 1823-1878 -- Juvenile literature. Dinosaurs -- Models -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Modelmakers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Natural history -- Juvenile literature. Education -- Juvenile literature. Museums -- Juvenile literature. Politicians -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Biographies.
Other Author:	Selznick, Brian, ill.
Notes:	"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 ... it's all here!" Booksellers' Choice, 2002 Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2004 NAPPA Gold Awards, 2001
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information
LCCN:	00058376
ISBN:	9780439114943 0439114942
Other Number:	44933519
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	763579
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Call Number:	j BIO Hawkins

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