DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK
DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK
ADAPTED BY Jenny Laird WITH ART BY Kelly & Nichole Matthews
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First published in the USA by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2021
Adapted from Dinosaurs Before Dark (entitled Valley of the Dinosaurs in the UK), published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 1992
First published in Great Britain by Puffin Books 2024 001
Text copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2021 Art copyright © Kelly Matthews & Nichole Matthews, 2021 Text adapted by Jenny Laird
The Knight at Dawn excerpt text copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2021. Art copyright © Kelly & Nichole Matthews, 2021. Adapted by Jenny Laird.
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ISBN: 978—0—241—71199—6
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For Mallory and Jenna, two of Jack and Annie’s best friends
—M.P. O.
For Quinn, who was born to fly
—J.L.
We dedicate this book to our mother, a teacher, who taught us to love reading, drawing, and learning; our brothers, for inspiring us to follow in their footsteps; and our cats, for never letting us forget what is truly important (feeding them).
—K.M. & N.M. us forget what is truly important (feeding them).
CHAPTER ONE Into the Woods
