The FIELD MOUSE & THE DINOSAUR NAMED SUE

Scholastic Pess / Field Museum of Chicago, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Bob Doucet color illustrations. CONDITION: AS new, UNREAD, but not quite perfect (blank bookplate inside front cover) 2000 Scholastic/Field Museum of Chicago hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful, clever color illustrations by Bob Doucet. CONTENT: Field Mouse leads a quiet, contented life in his burrow under an old bone. But one day he starts hearing strange scritching noises outside. Peering out, he sees people with shovels and picks digging gently in a nearby bluff. What's going on? Field Mouse scurries out to explore. Later, when he returns to his cozy home, he finds that his bone is gone! This intrepid little fellow sets out on a mission to reclaim his roof. His search leads him to a strange place called The Field Museum of Chicago, where, lonely and frightened, he scampers around, evading vacuum cleaners and scientists, and always seeking his beloved bone. Finally, one day, Field Mouse comes across the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex in the world, 67 million years old--and his bone! The determined homebody settles right in to his new quarters--right under the T-rex's toes! A clever idea with a somewhat dull-ish presentation, this story will certainly inspire flights of fancy and interest in the ever fascinating great dinosaurs. Based on the true story of the largest, most complete T-rex ever found, this version is given a fanciful treatment and original point of view by award-winning author Jan Wahl. Bob Doucet's illustrations utilize compelling perspectives. K - 3.