I really did not love this book, for the most part because the illustrations were just very much not my cup of tea. Some pages came close to giving me a headache with all the busy designs and dark colours.

The premise of the book is just ok. We learn that myriad dinosaurs roamed the earth, each with their own differences. One dinosaur almost fatally tricks another dinosaur with his super sneaky ability to lie. The almost-dead dinosaur then finds more dinosaurs, but is reluctant to trust them, most especially because they don't speak the same language. Eventually they overcome the language differences and all become friends, except that by "friends" I mean that the new dinosaurs basically become the almost-dead dinosaur's servants. I dunno, it was weird.

Somehow the message here was both heavy-handed and incredibly vague. I think part of the problem might have been with the translation, but I'm not really sure. I can't really recommend this one for much more than to kick off a discussion about overcoming differences to create inclusive communities with kids who are really (really, really) into dinosaurs.

Thank you to NetGalley and Museyon Books for providing me with a DRC of this book.

This is another book in the series of books about dinosaurs and what they are like.

And as in the other books there is misunderstandings, and hungry dinosaurs.

These are not lovable creatures, by any means. They are realistic, or about as realistic as you can get when the dinosaurs can talk.

And what is interesting is that the dinosaurs, actually don't know each others languages, and so have to figure out a way to communicate.

Or get eaten in the process.


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And although I appreciate this take on dinosaurs, I don't love it. But kids love dinosaurs, so will probably over whatever it is that bothered me.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Not a bad book, if you take to the dodgy perspective in the woodcut-styled illustrations, and ignore the sheer impossibility of the story. They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but in this day and age of global communication and relationships between all races here is a dinosaur who learns that it's better to have friends he can't even speak with than people he know who might do him wrong. It's a pleasant enough tale of biologically-inaccurate friendship, then, as our hero struggles through a misleading snow-bound journey to find three dinosaurs totally alien to him who are all heart. There's nothing wrong with the moral, then, but I can't say I really liked any aspect of the execution.

I Really Love You by author Tatsuya Miyanishi is an adorable book about dinosaurs! Our 6 year old absolutely loved this book and goes back to it often! Such a perfect and easy way to get Miyanishi’s point out there! This did not disappoint and is a must read for families!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of I Really Love You in exchange for an honest review.

I had been hearing about I Really Love You by Tatsuya Miyanishi and thought it sounded great. When I started reading I felt like I got mired down in too many words and not enough story line. I thought the book had potential and may reach a certain population, but it wasn't for me or the young children I work with.

I really enjoyed this one and I thought that it had some lovely images, I have read quite a few books now in the Tyrannosaurus series and love seeing what he gets up too!

I liked the story for this one and I thought that the book was well paced and I enjoyed the strong story and themes of friendship in the book.

It is 4 stars from me for this one, I enjoyed it and loved being able to catch up with Tyrannosaurus, this is the sixth book in the series but they are all fine to read as stand-alone books!

A lovely and sweet story about friendship. I liked it and it moved me.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The illustrations in this book are fantastical, but so is the story. I appreciate the attempt to bring people together and do so through love--regardless of one's language. The book could serve as a way to enter that conversation. The only issue I have is by using animals in this way, we mislead readers. Even putting aside the fact that a dino would never speak English, a dinosaur would also never stop being carnivorous.--especially when faced with extreme hunger. However, humans actually DO have the capacity to make collective choices. (Although even a human, when faced with extreme hunger might use extreme measures.) Perhaps these are all lovely things to consider and talk about with young readers? Perhaps they would be good conversations for older and much, much older readers, too.