Old Bones, as he was affectionately called, came out of nowhere to win a Kentucky Derby and to run a hundred races before his retirement."

    George (as they called him) was very shy. Meet George. He's strong, as a giant dinosaur should be, strong enough to wreck a plane (Of course he thinks it's his old enemy, the flying Pteranodon.) He's loyal. He'll do anything to help Joan and Joey save their mother's ranch at Cricket Creek, even chase a bank robber. He's shy. He's so shy he gets Joan and Joey into hilarious, dinosaur sized trouble!Originally published in 1955, this well loved classic returns with all the original text by Evelyn Sibley Lampman and illustrations by Hubert Buel

    Then they got an order for nine-pounders for the Saratoga, the Navy's new sloop-of-war. When that order was ready to ship, Gid went with it and signed on as a midshipman on the new ship.