I was really expecting a different ending. I totally thought it was going to turn out to be a duck instead of a dinosaur.

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I love the illustrations of the dinosaur and the kids have great deductive skills. ( )

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I'm unable to resist a book about dinosaurs, at the same time, I also believe that the love for dinosaurs can not be taught too early. So, this picture book about two siblings looking for dinosaurs after they find mysterious tracks is right up my alley.

It was a quick and cute read. There is some real mystery going on and the drawings are nice. I'm positive I would have really liked it as a child.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

My grandson loves dinosaurs and we had fun reading this book together. He enjoyed looking at the pictures and guessing what the next description would be. The story follows a building sequence that would be excellent for vocabulary development as well as teaching about descriptive words and encouraging students to add adjectives and adverbs to their writing. The other thing that this book shows is how to draw conclusions and make inferences, something we are always trying to teach children. The story is done in a fun way so that children do not even realize they are learning something. The illustrations are cute, especially how they add to dinosaur after each new description is explained. The footprints run along the bottom of the page and point in the direction one would read text so the reader is invited to turn each page to see what will happen next. My grandson giggled as he saw what the dinosaur looked like on each successive page until the ending which even surprised me. A good mentor text for classrooms and a fun read for young children.

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When Sally and Joe find some footprints one day, they conclude that they must have been made by a dinosaur, and set out to track down the creature responsible. Each new clue leads them to assign a new characteristic to their quarry, until they're convinced they're trailing a hungry, heavy, swimming, dancing dinosaur with a headache and a sore foot. But is it safe to follow a dinosaur...?

The first picture-book I have picked up from South African author/illustrator Alex Latimer, Never Follow a Dinosaur pairs an entertaining adventure story with bright, colorful artwork. I appreciated the twists and turns here - will the dinosaur eat Sally and Joe, if they finally catch up to him? - and imagine young listeners will as well. Recommended to all young dinosaur lovers, and to anyone looking for stories about imaginative children and their adventures. ( )