Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-This is a fun, absurd tale about two children with big imaginations. Joe and his sister Sally follow what they believe to be dinosaur footprints. A thought bubble shows what Sally imagines the source of the footprints to look like, and as the children uncover more information about their dinosaur, the image morphs and grows to reflect their findings. Finally, the children set a trap for the "hungry, heavy, swimming, dancing dinosaur with a headache and a sore foot." Only, it may not be the best idea to follow and trap a hungry dinosaur. Illustrations are digitized pencil drawings, and the large, colorful backgrounds make Sally's thought bubbles stand out and help draw attention to just how big a thing an imagination can be. VERDICT A general purchase where dinosaurs, silly stories, and books about imaginative play are popular.-Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
When siblings Joe and Sally spot footprints, Joe thinks they're from a dinosaur. The tracks first lead to their cat's empty food bowl: "It must be a very hungry dinosaur." Readers will enjoy watching Sally's thought-bubble dino morph with the siblings' progressive attempts to make sense of accumulating clues. Latimer's mixed-media illustrations capture the imaginary (or is it?) beast in its droll excess. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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