This book is all right. I really appreciate the illustrations that are soft and textual. The story rhymes decently, but issues arrive with the cadence. The author is sometimes shoehorning the cadence in there, which makes it a tad tongue twister when reading aloud. The other thing that breaks up the cadence is the way the author has chosen to lay what words on what page. Sometimes the full stanza is on the page. Sometimes it’s half a stanza on this page half a stand on another. Then with the layout of the book in general, you have pages that are just illustrations and pages that are just words when most of the words could have been laid over the illustrations and been a much better. Overall, this book is not bad and there will be kids that thoroughly enjoy it.

Y'all I am so beyond grateful to have read the ARC version of this book. In fact, because I loved the book, I still purchased the Kindle edition to support the author, the illustrator, and those involved in bringing this book to life. The illustrations had my toddler son and I in a trance because it is absolutely beautiful, vibrant, and depicts love through the dinosaurs exhibited throughout the book.

All the amazing things told from a parent, guardian, adult in a child's life to a child is wonderfully conveyed and rhymed with dinosaurs in mind. I could relate to the book so much because these are things I tell my children all of the time and because my last little person loves his Momma and some dinosaurs this was perfection. Things such as acknowledging the child's growth from the time they were born to where they are at now is a great thing to be told as it tells the child they were and are loved so much that as parents we loved watching and being along side them as they pave/paved their paths. Many pages express a parents validation to the child to embrace their emotions and they will have support through it all.

My only qualm with the story is the reference of the child being "the king of my world" as it tells me this would be gender specific instead of generalized to any child regardless of gender. It's the only quote that does this and I think could easily be replaced with "the mighty love of my world" or something along those lines. Otherwise this book has been a blessing to read to my son.

Thank you again to those involved in this book for the ARC and allowing me to connect to my son through a book that expresses everything I could want to him.

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I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own

What a sweet love ode to the child or 17 year old in your life. I shall be buying it as a grad gift for the latter.

It is a wonderful story to read to your loved ones.

It's a cutesy little story. The dinosaurs were having the time of their lives dancing across the pages. However, the title is a bit misleading. It doesn't really have anything to do with dinosaurs, apart from the illustrations. They said roar twice and mentioned him hatching from an egg. My adult brain laughed at one point, when the mama dinosaur said to her baby, "by your side, I'll forever stay." All I could think was, you have a dinosaur saying that? The story could easily be paired with any subject if you changed a small handful of words. So it is not the most original, but it's cute.

This book was so good as a book to read for my son who is age 8. From the pictures to the story, this encompassed him and was a wonderful story. I loved how the story was written from a parent's perspective as the child grew up and followed them throughout life. Both the story and advice given in the book is life-long and serves as a reminder to children how much their parents love them throughout their lives. I will most definitely be purchasing a hard copy of this book for my son. Possibly as a graduation present for him. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the copy of this ARC.

I read this with my 4 year old and we both enjoyed it! There's a great message to your children about how much you love them and care for them. There's some inspiration for how they should handle things and be themselves. The illustrations are stunning and the dinosaurs were a huge hit with my kid. I will point out that a lot of the messages feel like ones that I've read before. Even though, they are encouraging and sweet, it was a bit generic. Overall, we did enjoy it and the illustartions were a big hit! My son said "aw" many times with the mom and baby dinos!

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Wonderland for a PDF. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I absolutely LOVE the message within this book! It is such a good story for all young children. I would certainly read this book to even the littlest bookworms, even if they don’t understand it yet. The beautiful illustrations add to the overall positive experience of the book. I highly recommend!

Such a sweet book about a mother's love for her child. My 2 year-old loved it tonight as a bedtime story!

Cute story that I read with my son! He is 6 and he enjoyed it as well! :)

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Such and adorable book. The artwork is very well done, the rhyming on point and the narrative is absolutely touching. A great book to read to your dinosaur loving littles to boost their self esteem and express your unconditional love as a parent. They’ll want this one read many times over with lots of cuddles and kisses. We already own its unicorn companion “I Love You, my Little Unicorn” and I can see I need to add the physical copy of this one to our collection as well. A sure fire classic kids book.

This is a cute little book all about unconditional love. The illustrations are very cute and brightly colored. It's great for young readers and for reading to your littles. My 2 year old loved all of the dinosaurs.

A cute story about growing up and unconditional love. A reminder there will be hard times and good times. We are all unique and that is ok, just be yourself. Nice illustrations.

This book’s illustrations bright and colorful. The story was of love and the relationship between Mom and child. Would recommend for infant to toddler age group.

This book is so adorable!! My kids really enjoyed it at bed time and asked me to read it multiple times.

This book is a cute encouragement book with affirmations an big dreams. It would be especially good as a gift and could become a bedtime story favorite.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Rose Rossner for this beautiful ARC. It has everything I would ever want to say to my son. I can’t put into words how much I loved this book. I will definitely be buying it when it comes out.

My son wants to be an archeologist even so he smiled so big as I read it to him. Thank you!

I loved this little book! Such a sweet story about one’s love for a child. I loved reading it to my little one. We both loved the dinosaur illustrations and the sweet message it shares.

This was a super cute children’s book. I read it to my three year old, but we had to split it into multiple reads because it was too long for his attention span. He absolutely loved looking at the illustrations. The story itself is extremely sweet.

The age listed is 3-7 but I’d say it’s more of an advanced 4-7 year book. However, I would definitely add it to my kid’s bookshelf in a year or two.

Rose Rossner is fast becoming one of our families favorite authors. This book was so fun for our little family. My son loves dinosaurs and so this was a perfect pick for him. It is all about how the little dinosaur is so loved and is perfect for the family. I love how it tells how special they are, how “fiercely one-of-a-kind”. The story really captures and explains to our little ones how truly loved they are and how many unique ways they are special. There were wonderful, colorful and happy feeling illustrations that showed many different dinosaurs. This really added to the fun of the story. This is a perfect gift book for families of little ones. We received this as an ARC but will be adding it to our collection soon. You will love this little treasure. Share it with your family.

This would be such a great baby shower book! The illustrations are amazing and the positive message throughout is wonderful! I will definitely be adding this to my next book order!