Syd Hoff

Danny and the Dinosaur: Too Tall - I Can Read, Level 1 Syd Hoff

Jacket Description/Back: The dinosaur thinks he's much too tall. It's not easy being different! Danny decides to cheer his friend up, and together they discover that being too tall might not be so bad after all!Readers first fell in love with Danny and his prehistoric pal in the I Can Read classic Danny and the Dinosaur, created by Syd Hoff in 1958. Now the popular pair are together again in a hilarious I Can Read adventure sure to win over a new generation of beginning readers.

Contributor Bio:  Hoff, Syd Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry's Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature.