What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night: A Very Messy Adventure by Refe Tuma, Susan Tuma
My rating: 4/5 cats
i have missed nearly all of dinovember!! http://dinovember.tumblr.com/
this year, there are TWO dinovember-related books to enjoy! there’s What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night, which has bunches of photographs of those dinosaurs being mischievous from dinovembers past, and now there is this one – a children’s book where there are some pictures of dino-naughtiness, but also an attempt at a narrative to go along with the pictures of the dinosaurs making messes with toys, knitting supplies, food, paint, and mousetraps.
i’m sure the story-part will delight and amuse children, since it is basically all about destruction rarrrrrrr, but i’m just in it for the pictures, and i wished there were more of them. this is why we have internet, karen! and i know, i know, but i’m just saying…
i would give the book 5 stars cats for concept and pictures and 3stars cats for desultory story, which math turns into 4 stars cats overall.
but also 5 stars cats for this picture because it totally looks like one dinosaur peeing on another dinosaur which everyone knows is the HEIGHT of comedy
and which made me see this picture in a probably unintended way
i never claimed to be the adult in this relationship.
it was good to see my favorite dinovember-dino again.
good old yellysaurus. may you have many adventures.
but let’s have a moment of meditative silence together for this: in the backmatter (because i am the kind of person who reads the backmatter in children’s picture books), there was the following statement:
No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of this book, with the exception of Vincent the Dilophosaurus. He was treated with high-quality superglue and has since made a full recovery.
i’m pretty sure this is vincent:
my thoughts and prayers are with you, vincent, and i hope you guys all make it through this dinovember unscathed!
here’s to you!!
