"Petting Zoo" spoilers

Fernando Q. Gouvea · 25 Mar 2002, 22:12 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: "Fernando Q. Gouvea" <fqgouvea at colby.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) "Petting Zoo" spoilers
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:12:22 -0500
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**** On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:12:30 -0800, Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis@siri=
usfiction.com> said:

mantis> I turn to the Children's Literature experts we have around here (I
mantis> know we have a few).  What was that book, or series of books, maybe
mantis> by HarperCollins now, that had illustrations similar to "Curious
mantis> George" but was about a boy who grew a dinosaur from an egg and
mantis> then rode around on its neck?  A boy in a polka-dot shirt.

The description sounds like "The Enormous Egg", by Oliver Butterworth. The
man character is a boy called Nate who finds a large egg from which a live
triceratops hatches. The triceratops is named "Uncle Beasley" and various
adventures ensue. There may be some distant connection, but it doesn't seem
to quite fit the Wolfe story.

Fernando

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