Lisa Suhay

Doorstopasaurus

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Historical Fiction - Grades 2-6

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Historical-Fiction Novel
 
What dinosaur
would be caught dead in New Jersey?

Hadrosaurus foulkii - discovered in 1858 by William Parker Foulke of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. It was the first nearly complete dinosaur found in North America. This book helps mark Haddy's 145th Anniversary and 25-cents from every sale goes help pay for the upkeep of the new sculpture of the dino unveiled in Haddonfield, NJ October 18, 2003.

"Haddy The Doorstopasaurus" is written by Author/Journalist Lisa Suhay who learned about the Haddonfield Hadrosaurus while working on a freelance assignment for the New York Times.

The name of the book came from the author's research which showed that farmers who first found the bones used them as doorstops and window jambs because they had never heard of a dinosaur before!

After writing her Times article, the author set to work creating the fictional story of brothers Zoltan and Ian Magyar, who long to move to Arizona in order to be where dinosaurs once roamed.

The book merges fact and fantasy. Real life sculptor John Giannotti enters the world of fiction to introduce the boys to the town's heritage and the amazing discovery made there 145 years ago.

192 pages. Grades 2-5. $5.95

For autographed copies order direct from Franklin Mason Press: www.franklinmason.com

Please visit the H.A.T.C.H. (Haddonfield Acts to Create Hadrosaurus) website at www.hadrosaurus.com and Sculptor John Gionnotti's website at www.giannottistudios.com to learn more about the histories of the real life hadrosaurus and Haddy's sculpture. 

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