Dippy: The nations favourite dinosaur

MEET DIPPY: Dippy is a Diplodocus (DIP-low-DOCK-us). Dippy was the first of its kind to go on display anywhere in the world when it arrived at the Museum more than a hundred years ago. Since then, Dippy has adventured across the length and breadth of the country.MEET WATERHOUSE: Waterhouse the Mouse lives in the Museum and thought he knew about everything within its famous walls. Until one day he meets a gigantic bony stranger and a big booming voice...When railroad workers unearthed the fossilised bones of a Diplodocus in Wyoming, USA in 1899, newspapers billed the discovery as the ‘most colossal animal ever on Earth’.Dippy, a replica of this famous skeleton, first arrived in London in 1905, and for many years served as an awe-inspiring welcome for visitors to the Natural History Museum.This book answers all your questions about the nation’s favourite dinosaur and will delight young readers with its imaginative illustrations.

Title - Dippy: The nations favourite dinosaur

Edition -

Author - David Mackintosh

ISBN 13 - 9780565095383

Imprint - The Natural History Museum

Publisher - The Natural History Museum

Date Published - 27/05/2022

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No. of pages - 32

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 190 x 190 x mm

Weight - g

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