If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party
By (Author) Jill Esbaum
Illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova
Union Square & Co.
Sterling
1st December 2016
United States
Children
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 216mm, Height 276mm
Age range 4 to 7
You never know what will happen when a T. Rex crashes your birthday party. Sure, you'll be super excited when he turns up. But then he'll stomp. He'll ROAR. He'll wonder how you taste with a little mustard. In the end, though, you may find yourself asking him to come back next year! This delightfully whimsical picture book has a fun twist kids will love.
Playful, doodlelike illustrations capture the curiosity of a silly scenario that turns out to be equal parts poignant and giggle-worthy. Evenly dispersed pictures and text punctuate the antics of the dinosaur and his human partygoer buddies, creating a hullabaloo that ends with a sweet, surprising twist... Reading this crowd-pleaser aloud may cause clamorous laughter in even the most serious of storytime attendees. School Library Journal"
Jill Esbaum is the award-winning author of many picture books and also writes a variety of non-fiction books for National Geographic lfids. Dasha Tolstikova is an illustrator whose work has appeared in The New York limes, Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker.