librarybonanza 's review for:

Dinosaurs on My Street by David West
1.0

This was just weird. Told not to ask how they got there, dinosaurs suddenly appear on the streets of the narrator's hometown. The book continues in a nonfiction way, describing characteristics of the dinosaurs with a computer generated picture of the dinosaur hanging out with humans (but none of the humans seem to notice). Some memorable moments include:

"Some dinosaurs, like Omeisaurus, have exceptionally long necks. This means they can reach food that other dinosaurs can't, and so get first choice of a basket of fruit, five stories high." What is that basket of fruit doing there? Nobody knows.

"In the early evening you might even catch a rare glimpse of this famous dinosaur [ Tyrannosaurus]. At a street crossing in town a mother keeps a close eye of her youngsters." Quite a let down for this famous beast.


The book also provides a size comparison of the dinosaurs vs. a human child, oftentimes showing the dinosaur much smaller than it is described.

I really regret buying this book for the library.