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
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