[...]... and see Get your tickets, one and all! Next season, they’ll play Dino- ball! About the Author Award-winning author Lisa Wheeler lives in Trenton, Michigan, where she has met hundreds of kids who play soccer and has been asked hundreds of times to “Please, please, please write a dino- soccer book.” (“Here you go!” she says.) When Lisa isn’t writing about stegosauruses in shin guards, she is sprinting... airport snacks Learn more about the author and her books at www.lisawheelerbooks.com About the Artist Barry Gott lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the illustrator of several children’s books, including Dino- Hockey and What DO Teachers Do (after YOU Leave School)? Barry spent much of his childhood playing soccer and also playing with toy dinosaurs, but never at the same time He is now working to correct... dribbles left He dribbles right Compy tackles dino fight! Both players get a penalty Red cards from the referee The Biters whine The Grazers pout as both the brawlers sit it OUT The Pterodactyl twins advance toward Grazers’ goal They see their chance Pass to Allo Comin’ through! A perfect shot! It’s 2 to 2 Here comes Galli! Quick and sure, she weaves between each dinosaur Gallimimus kicks it fast Iguano’s... Jacket illustrations © 2009 by Barry Gott t Carolrhoda Books A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 www.lernerbooks.com Printed and bound in U.S.A When dinos roam the soccer field, Grazers and Biters go for the g oal ... ball One winger makes an outside shot There’s Gallimimus on the spot Then Galli takes it to the net Score! This game’s not over yet The second half has just begun Blocked by Biters, Pachy runs Her soccer cleats have lost their tread, but Pachy likes to use her head! The ball goes up Tricera spikes it The ball deflates and no one likes it The Grazers seem to be in charge Apatosaur is looming . it’s 2-2, setting up the teeth-gnashing, claw- curling final minutes. . . . Praise for Dino- Hockey by Lisa Wheeler, illustrations by Barry Gott “Gott’s action- lled paintings amplify the sports. Ages 5-9 Reinforced binding When veggie-nibbling Grazers and meat- munching Biters take to the soccer field, it’s a showdown of prehistoric proportions. Diplodocus shows an herbivore’s soft. scowling face off between T. Rex and Tricera to the jubilant postgame celebration, covered by eager dino newscasters.“ —Booklist Li s a Wh e e L e r iL L u s t r a t i o n s b y ba r r y Go t t t