Mama Rex & 7 - The Horrible Play Date

Sep 29, 2026

T Rex and his best friend Walter are excited for a play date, but Walter’s rambunctious behavior quickly derails the plans and leaves T fed up as things go wrong. While T struggles to keep control and makes frantic suggestions for how to salvage the day, Mama Rex steps in with calm guidance. Through warm, humorous beginning-reader storytelling, the narrative highlights patience, family support, and how to make things right when playtime becomes overwhelming.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages40

Reading Time1 h 2 min

AccessFree to download

The Horrible Play Date

# Mama Rex&7The Horrible Play Date by Rachel VailMlustrations by Steve Björkman $14.95 US $22.99 CAN # Mama Rex&7 T's friend Walter is comingover to play,and T is all setfor a day of fun.But the playdate doesn't turn out the wayTexpected.Walter is just toorambunctious-and T gets justplain fed up.It's up to MamaRex to fix what might be themost horrible play date inhistory! From best-selling authorRachel Vail and acclaimedillustrator Steve Björkman comesa heartwarming and funnybeginning reader series aboutan earnest young dinosaur andhis loving mother.Children andparents alike will delight in thesecharming new stories. 战a医59(5)居醇堡笔乎望■鄂哦意离号我100、5如9 Mama Rex &7 # The Horrible Play Date by Rachel VailIllustrations by Steve Bjorkman ORCHARD BOOKSAn Imprint of Scholastic Inc.New York # To Jason and Stephen and Hannah—RV For Emma Henderson -SB Text copyright ◎2001 by Rachel Vail.Illustrations copyright 2001 by Steve Björkman. All rights reserved.Published by Orchard Books,an imprint of Scholastic Inc.ORCHARD BOOKS and design are registered trademarks of Orchard Books,Inc.,a subsidiary of Scholastic Inc.SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarksand/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced,or stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission,write to Orchard Books,Scholastic Inc.,Attention:Permissions Department,557 Broadway,New York,NY 10012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vail,Rachel. The horrible play date/by Rachel Vail;illustrations by Steve Björkman p.cm.一(Mama Rex&T) Summary:T Rex and his best friend,Walter,have been looking forward to their play date,butwhen they get too rambunctious and everything is going wrong,Mama knows how to make things right.ISBN 0-439-40267-7—ISBN 0-439-42617-0(pbk.) [1.Dinosaurs-Fiction.2.Best friends-Fiction.3.Friendship-Fiction.4.Behavior—Fiction.5. Mothers and sons-Fiction.]I.Björkman,Steve,ill.II.Title PZ7.V1916 Hr 2002 [Fic]-dc21 2002017074 1211109876543210203040506 Book design by Elizabeth B.Parisi Printed in Singapore 46First trade printing,August 2002 here is he?"T asked Mama Rex. "Relax,"said Mama Rex without looking upfrom the newspaper."He'll be here soon." "I can't relax,"said T,jumping up beside her.He tried skipping along the couch but he slipped onthe Style section and fell onto Mama Rex's lap. "Oof,"said Mama Rex. "Is it warm enough to go to the playgroundwhen he gets here?"T asked. "I don't know,"said Mama Rex."I can't readthe weather report through your head." T sat up and grabbed Mama Rex by the shoulders."If it's not,we can play Deep Detectivein my room,and my bed could be the bad guys'planet,and we'll throw paint on..." Mama Rex held up her arm. "Hold on,"she said."I know you're excitedbecause your good friend Walter is coming over...."

FAQs

Who is T Rex waiting for during the play date?

T Rex is waiting for his best friend Walter to come over to play.

Why does the play date not go as expected?

Walter is too rambunctious, and everything starts going wrong.

What role does Mama Rex play when the situation gets out of hand?

Mama Rex stays calm and helps fix what might be the worst play date in history.

Sep 29, 2026

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