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School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-- Katie loves the natural history museum and wants to show everything to her grandmother. She is particularly enamored with the dinosaurs, which the woman dismisses as a bunch of old bones, leaving Katie to explore on her own. Being the type of child to whom the words ``Absolutely no admittance whatsoever'' mean nothing, Katie passes through a doorway into a marvelous prehistoric landscape crawling with appealing, multicolored dinosaurs. She befriends a baby Hadrosaurus, and the two gambol about, oblivious to the fact that they are being closely scrutinized by a lip-licking Tyrannosaurus rex camouflaged in the foliage. Fortunately, the contents of Katie's lunch box satisfy the omnivore, and she finds her way safely back to her grandmother. The squiggly, sepia-ink cartoons are brightened with vivid watercolor washes. The easily recognizable dino species sport a variety of shades not usually found in nature but they somehow suit the scenario. This humorous story is both fanciful and informative, concluding with a dinosaur glossary and a few facts about fossils. --Anna DeWind, Milwaukee Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-8. On a visit to the natural history museum with her grandmother, Katie laments the fact that the dinosaurs on display are just bones. A chance stroll down an unfamiliar corridor leads her to a restricted room, where she is transported to the land of the dinosaurs. There, the mighty lizards are indeed more than bones. The adventure takes off when Katie meets a baby hadrosaur that is trying to get home to its parents. Katie and her charge traverse a rainbow-colored terrain of unusual vegetation, rock formations, and all manner of dinosaur to reach the baby's home. All is well until Tyrannosaurus rex comes on the scene--but Katie knows what's best for him. The pages packed with dinosaurs and Katie's spirited efforts make this an appealing story. ~--Denia Hester