Oh this was wonderful. Loved the number of breaths he took. Loved all the helpful people. And loved the messaging. Would definitely recommend.

I received an advance review copy for free from the publisher via Netgalley and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Poor Yuri! Frightened by a flying parakeet in the Dinosaur Museum, Yuri bumps into the skeleton of an apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus) and the unthinkable happens — well, not unthinkable in a TV sit-com. Yuri feels humiliated, seeing it as a “catastrophe that makes you think nothing will ever be right again. You feel so quiet. You feel so small.”

Children will love German author Hannah Brückner’s beautifully illustrated picture book because it’s humorous, but they will also learn that, in the face of catastrophe, adults will pitch in to help. A very important lesson, indeed.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and NorthSouth Books in exchange for an honest review. Special thanks to Laura Watkinson for her skillful translation.