Dinos Driving

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!!

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

💙 Mommy (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐨𝐦) and Ronan (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐝) approved ✅

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

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 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 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!