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School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-- Laura, an imaginative little girl whose best friend is a small crocodile visible only to her, digs up a strange stone in her garden. Her father, busy at his computer, identifies it as a fossil, which Laura is led to believe is a dinosaur bone. She carries her treasure everywhere and soon begins to see dinosaurs lurking in the yard, skating in the supermarket, peeping in the school window, and clumping through the museum. However, when she finds out her fossil is only an ancient snail, her exciting pursuers disappear at once. Her crocodile is then transformed into a tiny dinosaur, and she is happy once again. Appropriately whimsical and amusing ink-and-watercolor cartoon illustrations fill the bright, busy scenes. The benign dinosaurs appear in eye-popping colors such as magenta, lime green, and butter yellow. A lively narrative, clever twists, and an appreciation of the joys of make-believe make this a good read-aloud. --Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-8. Finding a fossil in the backyard and mistaking it for a dinosaur bone, a little girl lets her fertile imagination (she already keeps company with a crocodile friend named Brigadier Simpson) run wild as she fantasizes that dinosaurs are following her everywhere she goes. Laura, who's about kindergarten age, must endure dinosaurs staring at her through the schoolroom window and using the shopping carts at the supermarket as roller skates. A class field trip to the museum and a talk with a museum guide ease Laura's suspicions that the dinosaurs are after her fossil find. In the end, Laura learns that her fossil is not a dinosaur bone but actually a snail; also, Brigadier Simpson undergoes a transformation, becoming "a dinosaur, just like the first one that Laura had seen in her garden!" The artist's bold colors enliven the childlike illustrations. Together story and pictures capture the willing and guileless imaginations of children. ~--Denia Hester