If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur (Hardcover)

from Kellswitch

This is cute, quirky and rather fun to read aloud book, yes I read it out loud a few times to get the feel for the rhythm of the book. That is a very important consideration when choosing a children's book, never buy one you can't easily read out loud or that isn't fun to read out loud. The art i...

from aethercowboy

In If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Colin Jack, we are presented with a juxtaposition of the small town simple life and dinosaurs. Each page presents all the useful (and some not-so-useful) ways one can enlist a dinosaur for, usually to solve relatively pedestrian ...

from sszkutak

This book makes me wish I had a dinosaur! It was silly and fun to read about all the great uses for a dino as a pet. The illustrations were creative, detailed and adorable. This version is the newly released board-book version of the book which was sturdy and I think parents and younger kids will...

from LaurenAileen

The plot is "what can you do with a dinosaur?" and it doesn't go too much further than that. It was a cute book, with silly and ridiculous suggestions. The author is also opening herself up for multiple sequels, as it ends with "but what if you have..." and then a smattering of other animals. Ove...

from bostonian71

A cute book, with colorful illustrations and fun ideas. I hesitate to rate it higher, though, because it doesn't feel quite as memorable as other dinosaur books. I'm not sure whether it needs rhymes, or whether I'm judging it unfairly in comparison to Mo Willems' original and brilliantly funny "E...