Publisher's Weekly Review

Satchelmouse and his friend show great promise as the hero and heroine of a series of books. Sarah and her school friends are working with modeling clay, creating a dinosaur world. Sarah makes a diplodocus whose neck is too short and whose one leg is shorter than the others. When Satchelmouse blows his magic trumpet, they find themselves in a dinosaur world, where a young diplodocus is running from a fierce tyrannosaurus. Sarah and Satchelmouse help the dinosaur out by lengthening his neck and his foot. Munoz's illustrations are simple yet highly realistic: the pout on Sarah's face when her diplodocus doesn't look right perfectly expresses her dismay. Barber slips in and out of fantasy with grace. No ages given. (February) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved