How to Take Care of Your Dinosaur

by JASON COCKCROFT, JASON COCKCROFT (Illustrator)

Overview

What would you do if, instead of a cat or a goldfish, you had a dinosaur for a pet? Well, that's exactly what happens to the little boy in this story when an enormous egg appears at his house one day. Day by day, he learns exactly how to look after his dinosaur: what to feed it for breakfast, where to take it for walks, and, perhaps most difficult of all, how to deal with dinosaur-size poop!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536205688
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	642,961
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand and raised in England. He is the illustrator and author of more than forty books for children and an accomplished watercolor artist and portrait painter. He has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and he won the inaugural Blue Peter Book Award. When he's not drawing and painting, he's usually drinking tea and staring out of the window at nothing in particular.

Editorial Reviews

A natural for fans of Gareth Edwards and Guy Parker-Rees' Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner (2015), this outing is notable for its capable black protagonist. With a little time, love, and patience, even a huge, green reptile can make a great pet.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-03-17
A how-to guide on caring for a pet dinosaur.

An unnamed child who already has a dog receives a dinosaur egg in the mail. Along with reading the instructions, which make up the whole of the second-person text, readers witness the fun that comes with a pet baby dinosaur. They meet the adorable, green dinosaur when it hatches. First things first, readers learn, you have to feed your dinosaur—maybe eggs, bananas, cereal, and bread. Next, it's time for a walk in the park. The baby theropod is depicted leaving a huge pile of poop in the grass, a total laugh-out-loud moment for any young reader (and a bummer moment for the dino's child caregiver, who is ready with shovel and wheelbarrow). After a splash in the park's fountain with his friends close by and a lesson in sharing, it's time for lunch and the most adorable picture in the book, when the dinosaur takes a nap on top of his young human caregiver. After a long day in the park, it's time to head home and get ready for bed, which gives readers a posterlike closing image of child, dog, and dino. A natural for fans of Gareth Edwards and Guy Parker-Rees' Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner (2015), this outing is notable for its capable black protagonist.

With a little time, love, and patience, even a huge, green reptile can make a great pet. (Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews