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John & Julia’s Impossible Days

The Case of the Missing Dinosaur

John and Julia inspect a large dinosaur footprint beside a small bridge.

An enormous dinosaur. Some very tiny clues.

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Written by J. Ladis & Haley Dell

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The parade has flags, drums and a very small mayor. It does not have Mabel, the enormous dinosaur who should lead it. John and Julia follow footprints to find out where she has gone.

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A tiny mayor and waiting parade face Mabel’s conspicuously empty leading place while John and Julia volunteer as detectives.
The parade had flags, drums and a very small mayor. It did not have Mabel, the enormous green dinosaur who was supposed to lead it. “We need detectives.” “We have two.”
John dons a small brown detective hat while Julia crouches with her notebook beside a huge three-toed track containing three tiny webbed footprints.
John put on his detective hat. Julia opened her notebook. In the mud beside Mabel’s empty place, they found footprints bigger than dinner plates. “An enormous clue.” Julia crouched lower. Inside one print were three tiny webbed marks.

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