The Very Hungry Dinosaur

Tyran the T. rex wanders the forest searching for her next meal, armed with immensely powerful jaws, blade-like teeth… and tiny little arms. A picture book drawn in pencil and marker, presented here page by page.

  1. Front cover: “The Very Hungry Dinosaur” in hand-lettered red, blue and green beside a pencil drawing of a T. rex with its jaws wide open.
    Front cover
  2. “Once upon a time, oh about 70 million years ago… …give or take 4 million years…” A pencil landscape of mountains and forest.
    Page 1
  3. “Tyran wandered the forests searching for her next meal.” Tyran the T. rex peeks out between tall pine trees.
    Page 2
  4. “her next meal” — “sniff, Sniff, Sniff!” Tyran sniffs as the words drift toward her nose in yellow swirls.
    Page 3
  5. “CHOMP! chew, chew, chew, chew.” Tyran chomps down on the words and chews happily.
    Page 4
  6. “Oh my! Ah, the… …immensely powerful jaws and blade-like teeth…” “Chew. Chomp, Chew, Swallow, Chomp.” Tyran munches contentedly.
    Page 5
  7. A close-up of Tyran’s huge open mouth full of sharp red-rimmed teeth, with “and blade-like teeth” written across it. “sniff, sniff sniff… Gah!”
    Page 6
  8. “Chomp! GULP!” “…combined with a muscular neck, allow Tyran to hunt a wide variety of prey.” Tyran stands in the forest, tongue out.
    Page 7
  9. “Lick!” Tyran licks her lips as the words “hunt a wide variety of prey” swirl toward her tongue.
    Page 8
  10. “Arms! Tiny little arms. That’s right, this fiercesome omnivore had short arms with only two claws each. Yes, let’s talk about the tiny Tyran’s arms! Although short, the arms were still powerful… wait… what??”
    Page 9
  11. “Squeeze!” Tyran’s tiny two-clawed arms clutch the words “still powerful… wait… what??”
    Page 10
  12. “Ooooohhh… just look at this Tail. Nothing dangerous wayyyyy over herrreeeee.” A long tail stretches across the page.
    Page 11
  13. “WHIP!” The tail whips the words “Tail. Nothing dangerous way over here” into scattered letters.
    Page 12
  14. “Come on, are you kidding me?” “Swift & agile prey could outrun the large predator. See you later!” Dashed red tracks dart away through the forest.
    Page 13
  15. “If it not for Tyran’s athletic legs with powerful thigh muscles.” “REALLY?” Tyran’s legs and feet stand in the grass.
    Page 14
  16. Back cover: “I give up,” written on Tyran’s belly as she sprawls across the page.
    Back cover

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