Product Description

Patrick loves dinosaurs, and he loves looking at them on the Internet. But he has no idea that dinosaurs are looking back! One night, Flato, a friendly, freckle-faced creature, invites Patrick to travel in a fantastic spaceship to visit his dinosaur planet. That's only the first of Patrick's amazing adventures, which include an intergalactic soccer game and a close call with a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex. Both longtime fans and first-time readers will adore this delightful new story about Patrick, featuring the work of a distinctive new illustrator who brings his own humorous, contemporary touch to the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #391068 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-23
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .38" h x 8.33" w x 10.30" l, .87 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Carrick created Patrick's Dinosaurs and its sequel with her late husband, illustrator Donald Carrick. While those books featured realistic-looking dinosaurs in impossible settings, Milgrim (Dog Brain; Cows Can't Fly) doodles these dinosAthey are as whimsical as their surroundings. Patrick's musing at the close of What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?Athat the prehistoric animals "built a big spaceship and left"Aproves to be true, as he discovers during a chat with an extraterrestrial dinosaur via an Internet link. His brother, Hank, nods off to sleep, but Patrick is mesmerized by his starry screensaver. Suddenly, "the freckled face of a dinosaur" appears on the screen. The roly-poly dino wears a pair of purple wraparound sunglasses. "I'll be there soon," he says and promptly arrives at the window in a spaceship. He introduces himself as Flato ("It rhymes with Play-Doh") and whisks Patrick off to a planet with a welcoming committee of dinosaurs. Patrick romps among the herbivores before returning home. Patrick's latest adventure is purely entertaining fare. Young technophiles won't learn a thing about real dinos, software or outer space, but they will be entertained. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2 This sequel to Patrick's Dinosaurs (1983) and What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? (1986, both Clarion) describes an imaginary world in which dinosaurs live in outer space and check in on earthly inhabitants such as Patrick ever so often. After appearing to him on the Internet, Flato (which "rhymes with Play-Doh") invites Patrick to his planet to be his "show and tell." Fans of the earlier books, illustrated by the late Donald Carrick, may feel a bit disconcerted with Milgrim's modern illustrations. Yet the muted green, blue, and purple creatures with their comic, bulbous heads and bodies blend well with the outer-space theme. Unlike the previous titles' successful combination of interesting fact with fantasy, this new tale is pure make-believe. The author continues to use the outdated term "brontosaurus" rather than the preferred "apatosaurus." Fans may just want to skip this bit of fluff and stick with the old favorites. Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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From Kirkus Reviews
Patrick's beloved dinosaurs (Patrick's Dinosaurs, illustrated by Donald Carrick, 1983, etc.) enter the new millennium with an updated imaginative flight. Patrick, who locates dinosaurs on the Internet, is unaware that the dinosaurs have been observing him from their own planet; he is whisked away one night by the friendly Flato in a ``giant bumblebee'' of a spaceship. When Patrick lands in a dinosaur schoolyard, a clever role reversal takes place and he finds himself the human equivalent of dinosaur ``show and tell.'' In one particularly funny moment, Patrick is grilled with questions such as, ``What is it like to be warm-blooded? Did you hatch from an egg? What is your favorite food?'' A soccer game ensues, shadowed by the arrival of a foot-stomping, tree-cracking tyrannosaurus rex. Patrick is hustled back aboard the spaceship, and lands safely back in his own bedroom, where, instead of stars, he dreams of dinosaurs. The interwoven dinosaur facts of the earlier books are absent here, other than identifying a few plant-eaters, and the author still refers to the apatopsaurus as a brontosaurus. Nevertheless, dinosaur-enthusiasts will welcome the return of their long-necked, personable friends, which Milgrim depicts as cuddly, cartoon-like, Barneyesque blue, green, and purple creatures. (Picture book. 3-7) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.