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humanimalia-13618	Andrianova, Anastassiya	A Dino Fix: “Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex” as a Picturebook for the Anthropocene	2023	32	.pdf	application/pdf	11446	479	48	Because picturebook dinosaurs, like the titular Linus, can mobilize the intense “conceptual interest” in dinosaurs found among young children, I argue that a co-reading of Linus can help initiate conversations and facilitate learning about difficult “adult” concepts, such as evolution, extinction, and the Anthropocene, in children primarily but not limited to ages four to six. A study of children aged four to nine suggests that “young children are far less speciesist than adults, at least in the context of dogs and pigs”, and that they “prioritize hu- mans to a far lesser extent than adults.	cache/humanimalia-13618.pdf	txt/humanimalia-13618.txt