Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct

by Mo Willems

Book Overview

Everyone in town knows Edwina. She is the dinosaur who plays with the kids. She is the dinosaur who helps little old ladies cross the street. And best of all, she bakes yummy chocolate-chip cookies.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786837489
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.4" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

Nice book!

My name is Sebastian and I am 7 years old. My English teacher read this book to us in class and I thought it was o.k. My favorite part was when they say Reginald Von-Hoobie-Doobie's name. I recommend this book for my friends. I also like these books by Mo Willems: The Pigeon Has Feelings Too and Leonardo the Terrible Monster. I hope you will like it.

Cool!

My name is Guillermo A. Galva and I am 8 years old. My English teacher read this book to us in class and I thought it was funny. My favorite part was when she said Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. I recommend this book for myself. I also like these books by Mo Willems: The Pigeon finds a Hot Dog and Don't let the Pigeon drive the bus. I hope you like it.

I loved it!

My name is Teysha Martell and I am 7 years old. My English teacher read this book to us in class and I thought it was funny. My favorite part was when she didn't care that she was extinct. I recommend this book to kids 4 and 5. I also like this book by David Shannon Duck on a Bike .I hope you like this book.

I loved it!

My name is Mara Diaz and i am 8 years old. My English teacher read this book to us in clas and I thought it was awesome. My favorite part was when Edwina didn't care that she was extinct. I recommend this book for 3 to 10 years old I also like this book by Dr.Seuss: Green eggs and Ham. I hope you like this book.

(young) Man V. Dinosaur (who bakes with aplomb)

It would take a human being with the sense of humor of a bowl of moldy tapioca not to find "Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct" one of the funniest picture books of the year. I mean, I resisted reviewing it. Mo Willems needs no introduction any longer. His misleadingly simple style is what it is, as it is, as it shall be evermore. Basically, he does not need my help promoting his books. That doesn't mean, though, that it's not fun to do. Now the man in question has tried his hand on the standard large-animal-who's-friends-with-kids genre. You can keep you Cliffords and your Dannys with their dinosaurs, though. Color me an Edwina fan through and through (and that goes double for her chocolate chip cookies). If you live in town then you know Edwina. She's just your friendly neighborhood dinosaur. If she's not changing the lightbulbs on the streetlights then she's baking cookies for the populace at large. Edwina, let it be known, is a peach and everybody loves her. Well... almost everybody. There is a little fellow by the name of Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie that is seriously upset by Edwina's mere existence. Reginald is a smart fellow and if there's one thing he knows in this world, it's that dinosaurs are "totally extinct!" But no one listens to Reginald. In spite of his school reports, flyleaf explanations, protests, one-man-shows, etc. nobody is willing to listen to his dead dinosaur schtick. No one, that is, except Edwina herself. But when Reginald truly manages to convince Edwina of her extinct status, the results are not what he might have expected. Let's talk Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. As names go, this guy's one hip cat. I recommend reading the book with an exaggerated hoity-toity voice when saying Reggie's name more than once. Here's the tricky thing, though. Edwina's a peach without becoming... um... well, without becoming Barney (to be blunt). She's sweet but she's got her own personality as well. When Reginald convinces her beyond a shadow of a doubt that in spite of her pearls and sensible handbag she is, in fact, extinct, there's a look in the dino's eyes usually reserved for dead men walking. I mean, you could knock her over with a feather in that pic. But does that bother our gal too too much? Nossir! Off she goes, bounding merrily through a brick wall with Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie (gosh, that's fun to write) bounding merrily behind her as well. I liked Reginald's objection to Edwina. He's a logical fellow and while Edwina might be a very nice person she goes against the natural order of things. Reginald is basically the child-friendly version of that guy in the Monty Python skits who'd bring everything to a halt if he felt things were getting a tad too "silly". The simple fact that nobody listens to him where Edwina is concerned drives young Mr. Von Hoobie-Doobie up a wall. So when Edwina herself proves to be the only person patient enough to put up with this kid with a chi