Some Dinosaurs Are Small

PreS-Gr 2–There is everything to recommend this satisfying dinosaur tale. The art is gorgeous, art placement is perfect, the story is both scary and sweet, and kids are sure to love it. Some dinosaurs are small, and this little protagonist is going about the day gathering low lying fruits and leaves. As the title infers, some are small so there must be others that are big. Sure enough, in the background readers start to see hints in the art of big feet standing ominously nearby. The little dinosaur scurries off towards home when his basket is full, but it seems like he is weaving in and out of huge dinosaur legs. They are there with their pointy teeth and sharp claws and they are hungry. They are ready to pounce but the little dinosaur drops his basket and takes to the tree limbs to elude the giants below. The big dinosaurs give up their hunt for him abruptly because he runs to Mommy and she is an enormous Brontosaurus! This story is built on the inevitability of the food chain and also the safety that little ones find in their mother’s presence.