First, I am a grown woman who has loved dinosaurs since I was a very small child, so despite knowing when the publisher offered me a copy of this book that it was geared towards children, I was still pretty excited, I won't lie. I love the art on the cover, so I hoped that would continue on in the book (which it does, and it's lovely), but I didn't really know what to expect—if it would just be a picture of each dinosaur, or a short description, or what.

It turns out that the goal here was to offer a brief description of each dinosaur, but there is information missing, of course (as we certainly don't know everything about the creatures that have been discovered!), so a sizable number of entries in the dictionary are basically just the dinosaur's name, with no information on them. For the dinosaur types that there is information regarding, though, it's good, factual work made easy to read without being dumbed down too much. There are lovely, colorful illustrations throughout the entire book, though that's probably going to be hit-and-miss for a lot of people, as the artwork isn't realistic; it's just stylized silhouettes with minimal details, in gorgeous, bright colors. Authentic, no. Nice to look at, though? Quite.

The last thing I'll say is that this is not a book that you're intended to read cover-to-cover in one sitting; it functions more as a loose reference guide.

Would I add it to my son's library? Maybe.

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!