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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2014 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-K—Dinosaurs and fantasies about a perfect pet are both topics loaded with kid appeal, and this picture book, which combines the two, is a real charmer. It is a companion to If I Had a Raptor (Candlewick, 2013) and follows a young boy who imagines life with an exuberant triceratops, who walks on a leash, plays fetch, and learns to sit up, roll over, and play dead. However, where O'Connor's raptor was an occasionally menacing, birdlike creature, his tongue-lolling, tail-wagging triceratops is positiv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Imagining how he would care for his very own triceratops--walking it, cleaning up after it, teaching it tricks--one little boy...Log In or Sign Up to Read More