The Little Blue Brontosaurus

by Byron Preiss

When a young brontosaurus becomes separated from his herd, he struggles to find his brother and sister and escape from dangerous dinosaurs

47 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1983

About the author

Byron Preiss was the president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications and Ibooks, and was recognized as a pioneer in digital publishing. He was among the first publishers to release CD-ROM's and electronic books.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Preiss graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and earned a master's degree in communications from Stanford University. He produced The Words of Gandhi, an audio book that won a Grammy Award in 1985. He was also the co-author of Dragonworld, a novel he co-wrote with J. Michael Reaves that was published by Bantam Books in 1979.

A proponent of illustrated books, as well as comics and graphic novels, Preiss also published works by celebrity authors including Jane Goodall, Billy Crystal, Jerry Seinfeld, LeAnn Rimes and Jay Leno.

Reviews

[Irene]

I listened to the audiobook of this over and over as a child. It is about a baby Dino that gets separated from his herd and has various adventures before being reunited with them. The audiobook is brilliant and I can remember snippets from it to this day. Land Before Time was apparently inspired by this book, but it is a maudlin, insipid mess compared to it.

[Josh Householder]

Great book from childhood.