A little boy experiences things a little differently on what was supposed to be an ordinary day of errands with mom. When he would normally get a balloon or sticker from all different businesses, he finds that he is pleasantly surprised. All the business owners are giving away dinosaurs for the day and he ends up keeping them all. He even encourages his mom to enjoy them too.

This EB White Read Aloud Award winner had me laughing out loud. The story of a young boy who is unhappily accompanying his mother on their weekly Friday errands when suddenly the dull routine is brightened by the unexpected: everyone is giving away free dinosaurs with their good. From doughnuts and dinosaurs to hair cuts and dinosaurs the boy is delighted and the mother is…frazzled. This story highlights the every so familiar gap between children and adults. The child finds something delightful and wonderful while the adult finds it ridiculous and inconvenient. In the end the mother is won over and visits the doughnut shop again to get some dinosaurs of her own.

The illustrations in this book do not have a polished look which is occasionally distracting. However, the artist had a way of drawing your attention to the focal point of the illustrations by providing additional detail or concentration of color. ( )

This book is a fictional fantasy book. The art is all hand drawn illustrations. The book is about a little boy who went shopping with his mom and all of the stores handed out dinosaurs with any purchase. The reading level is second to fourth grade. The curicular connection is science because the book would be a good intro to learning about dinosaurs.

Oh what a world if this happened. A nice fun read.

Margaret ( )

I loved this book! I enjoyed both the text and the illustrations. I thought the humor of getting a dinosaur with everything was very creative. I enjoyed watching the boy’s facial expressions as the pages progressed and he obtained more and more dinosaurs. I related to the mothers stress and worry of what to do with all these dinosaurs. The ending was the best when the mother came around and saw how great the dinosaurs were and surprisingly desired more. I would love to share this book with my class. I think they would really like it!