I had a great time reading this book. Each page was full of amazing colors and showed what kind of vehicle a different dinosaur preferred to drive. The illustrations were wonderful and really helped bring this story to life. Kids will have a lot of fun reading this book.

This is a Children's Book that I read to my twin boys. This book was a super simple read, but the Dinos names were hard to say. My boys loved all the cars/trucks. I just wanted a little more from this story. I think the pictures were cute. Any little boy that loves cars will enjoy this book just because of the pictures. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Pajama Press) or author (Lynn Leitch) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

This book was super cute. I liked how they matched the dinosaur with the car they would drive, I think it made sense. I like there are discussion question in the back so that the kids can get more out of the book. The illustrations were cute as well.

This text was shorter than I was anticipating. Only 8 different dinosaurs are paired up with cars, and each covers a 2 page spread. The text doesn't rhyme, but the phrases follow a short and predicable format. _________ drives a _____________. The comprehensive listing of dinosaurs gives a fact for each dinosaur that could help children understand why each dinosaur was paired with each vehicle, but children would need an understanding of what each vehicle is and some of the stereotypes associated with each (motorcycle gangs/clubs, vegetarians being eco-friendly, etc). While not a standout title, certainly a worthwhile purchase for large collections always looking for more dino-related materials.

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Read-Aloud? Yes
Tags: dinosaurs, cars

This book is perfect for fans of dinosaurs and/or cars. What car would a particular dinosaur drive? Read this book to find out! "Dinos Driving" includes dinosaur facts and several questions/tips for caregivers to develop young readers' critical thinking skills, including an encouragement for children to draw their own dinosaurs and cars.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book for reading aloud with 2-5 year olds.

My grandsons love dinosaurs, so I thought this was be a good book for them to read together with me. Well, yes and no. There was not much to it, but we did figure out some things to discuss. Each page shows a dinosaur and states the name of the dinosaur and what they drive. There is no explanation or reason given. For the three year old, that was enough. He laughed and repeated things. At the back of the book, there is one fact given for each dinosaur. The eight year old and I went back to each page and tried to determine why they drove each vehicle, some easier than others. Diplodocus drove a bus because he is so long, velociraptor drove a mini because he is actually a small dinosaur. We had to think about iguanadon and decided that because he is an herbivore, he cares about the environment so drives and electric car. We liked the idea that Triceratops is a social dinosaur and traveled in packs, so he drives a motorcycle. The only dinosaur unfamiliar to us was carnotaurus. The illustrations were very well done and we all liked the looks of the images. I guess for young children this is a fun book, but it cans be used for older children to draw conclusions, and synthesize. Because it can be adapted to various ages, I added an extra star.

#DinosDriving was a short picture book about dinosaurs and what kinds of cars they would drive. My son thought that the vehicles given were perfect for those dinosaurs. At the end you are given examples of how to talk to your kids about the book which is great. My son, a dinosaur expert, loved the book. Thank you #NetGalley for this advanced copy to review.

Okay, let me start by saying that I downloaded this book, read it to my three year old... and have since read it FIVE times. It's safe to say we are a fan of this one!! This book is very short and simple, but perfect for fans of cars and dinos!! We really enjoyed the fun names and silly illustrations.

Thank you Pajama Press for a digital copy of this book! This book is due for publication 8/30/22

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𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

Very cute book. The colors are bright and the drawings are happy. I think my favorite part are the little facts on the last page. It adds a little something to an already cute book

Kids who love dinosaurs and cars will love this clever and witty picture book. Who knew that dinosaurs also were avid car lovers? Custom-made cars are right up their alley! This book highlights a variety of charismatic dinosaurs and the tailor-made vehicles that suit their fancy and their nature.

Velociraptor, Iguanodon, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Bradchiourus ( and more ) all weigh in the kind of vehicle that they want to drive. The illustrations animate the text and tickle kid's imaginations. The book is enriched with preschool- friendly facts and activities. Eight dino-mite dinosaurs will take you on a ride of your life. I love the whole exciting vibe of the book and I highly recommend it.

Dinosaurs and vehicles are the perfect combination. I love the simplicity of this book. I am already dreaming of using this with my students and the various extension activities that come to mind.

🦕 This book is full of cute illustrations of dinos (some of which I’ve never heard of before) driving cars. Very young children (under 5 years old) will enjoy it for the illustrations.

🦖 Sadly this is a list, not a story. Each page identifies the dino and their car - carnotaurus drives a limousine, compsognathus drives a sports car, diplodocus drives a bus. That’s all you get. Keep in mind that I haven’t heard of some of these dinos before, much less have any clue about their characteristics to discern why they’d drive a certain car (except the big one on the bus - that was obvious). So, if I’m not getting it, I doubt a 3 year old will.

🦕 In the book’s defense, there is a page at the end of the story that provides one brief fact about the dinos mentioned in the story - carnotaurus had tiny arms, compsognathus was small but fast, diplodocus was extremely long. These facts are supposed to correlate to the type of car they drove in the book, but now the child is no longer looking at the original page to see what car they drove in the first place (much like YOU probably have to reread the paragraph above to remember what car they drove).

🦖 I wish the individual dino pages had simply explained the car choice. Something like “The compsognathus was small but very fast, so a sports car was perfect for him.” For the intended age group (under 5yo), I think having the info together would have been a more enjoyable learning experience. Particularly since some of the dinos are likely unknown to very young children.

🦕 There is an activity at the back of the book for children to guess why the dinosaurs picked their car, so the idea was clearly to encourage imagination and use context cues to inform decisions. But the way the info is presented feels overly complicated to me. Perhaps a flap book form would have been fun. A page that says “Dino X drives Car 1. Do you know why?” This way children can guess why, and then lift the flap to see if they were right. I feel like it might be more interesting and interactive for children in the targeted age group if all the info was together rather than separated.

🦖 And I still don’t know why tiny arms has anything to do with a limo versus any other car. 🤔

Thank you @netgalley and Pajama Press for an eARC of this book, which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

This book is perfect for any child who loves Dinosaurs, and cars. Well illustrated, funny, and informative at the same time. This book was enjoyed by our children of all ages.

Thank you to Netgalley, and Publisher Spotlight for the advance reader copy.

This is a cute book showing dinosaurs riding in cars and what types of car each Dino rides. I do t really think it told a story, it was mostly just a list. Still a cute read.

Dinos Driving was a fun quick read! It was fun to see the different dinosaurs and their vehicles of choice, My child especially when the dinosaurs picked vehicles that were way too small for their large size. While the book was quick, we also loved that the author thought to include a fact about each of the dinosaurs that she chose for this book. A great intro to dinosaurs for young readers!

This is an interesting book. Each page introduces a species of dinosaur, such as velociraptor or brachiosaurus and states what kind of car they would drive. As someone who really does not know very much about dinosaurs I didn't know why they drove these particular cars, for example the Iguanadon (let's be honest, I didn't even know that this dinosaur existed, much less anything about it) drives an electric car, I was like why? At the end of the book there is a page with each of the dinosaurs and one characteristic. Turns out the Iguanadon is a vegetarian so I guess the idea is that he was also conscious of his impact on the environment? Some of the car choices are a little more obvious, for example the Diplodocus (again, I had no idea this was a type of dinosaur and not a kind of loaded chip dip) is evidently very long, so he drives a school bus because it is a long vehicle.

Aside from the insanely long dino names (which, as a teacher I know is not a problem for most dino-loving kids) the book is quite easy to read. Each page has one line of text and a very clear picture. The sentence structure is fairly repetitive, with most pages reading something along the lines of Dinosaur Name drives a Vehicle Name. The font is colourful, bold and fairly large. The background of the pages is white and the pictures are not overwhelming or too distracting. I would recommend this book to parents or teachers of young children in the age 3-8 range who enjoy dinosaurs and are beginning to explore repetitive beginner books with increasing independence. Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

Dinos Driving is such a fun, brightly illustrated book showing different types of dinosaurs and what cars they drive. I even learned a few new types of dinosaurs!!