Maria Rowe's Reviews > The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

• 2002 Caldecott Honor Book •

This book was so much more interesting than I expected! This is the story of Waterhouse Hawkins who was the first person to create life-size models of dinosaurs. You can still see them today at the Crystal Palace Park in Sydenham, England. He also worked in NYC for two years, creating more dinosaur sculptures for a museum that was to be built in Central Park... except William Tweed, a corrupt New York politician, thought that was a waste of money, so he had some men destroy Hawkins' sculptures and bury them in Central Park - they're still buried there somewhere!

Really cool book, and I'm not really into dinosaurs! I wish the bookcover was brighter though - it doesn't really match the inside illustrations. There are some really neat touches in this book like the actual menu from Hawkins' famous dinner inside one of the dinosaur sculptures!

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