Dogosaurus Rex
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Ben can’t wait to adopt the best dog in the world. On a trip to the shelter, he sees dogs of all kinds, but none of them are quite right.
Then he finds Sadie. Sadie is big—really big. She says “roar” instead of “woof” and she doesn’t fit inside the house, but Ben knows she’s the best dog in the world. Now if only she could stop causing so much trouble!
Dogosaurus Rex is a hilarious tale of a very special dog (with a prehistoric twist) that will have you roaring—just like Sadie.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The smartest person in this delightfully mischievous story is the reader: he or she will instantly know that Sadie, Ben's new shelter pet, isn't a dog but an enormous green Tyrannosaurus rex. To all of the characters, however, Sadie is just a very big pooch, albeit one who is "kind of funny looking" (according to neighborhood kids), smashes cars and fruit stands when obeying Ben's commands, and leaves a pile as big as Ben himself when she goes outside to "do her business." "This dog sure is a lot of trouble," says Ben's mother. "We might have to bring her back to the shelter." But Ben is determined to make his "dog" indispensable, and within a few pages, he inadvertently finds a way. Staniszewski (Power Down, Little Robot) keeps her ace poker face intact until the very end, and Hawkes's (Have a Look, Says Book) watercolors play right along, evoking the earnest innocence of a small-town setting in a way that brings to mind vintage children's books. Ages 4 8. Author's)
