2008 Notable Books for Children

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach

This book is just like a dream or even a mightmare for some. It starts with a young boy's imagination which leads him to believe that on this one day, while out running errands with his mom, everywhere they go they will be giving away dinosaurs to all the customers. After visiting four different stores, the young boy has given four dinosaurs. The bakery even offered to give away a dinosaur with the purchase of a dozen doughnuts. The fact that the young boy has been given four dinosaurs makes his mom stop shopping and heads home. When the mom asks the young boy how are they supposed to get home the boy wittingly responds, "Oh, don't worry, they'll follow you. They always do!" Then she wonders what they will do with four dinosaurs at home. Her creativity leads her to come up with an excellent idea. She gets the tall and big dinosaurs to do some house and yard work. At the end all of the boy's friends come over with thier dinosaurs and the mom jokingly calls the bakery for more dougnuts. Imagine going to Krispy Kreme and getting a free dinosaur when you buy 12 doughnuts. That would be amazing. I am a HUGE lover of dinosaurs. They are my favorite animal mainly because I could never have one so my interest in them grew quickly at a young age. I loved this book even more because my daughters were very interested in it. The text was easy to read, even for a yound reader and the illustrations were a delight to look at.