Want T-Rex with That? When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach

It's the dream of every kid who can't get enough of dinosaurs--a dinosaur FREE with every purchase!

It's Friday, time to be dragged along with Mom on boring errands. To sweeten the deal, Mom takes her small boy for donuts first, and to his amazement the sign on the door says "BUY A DOZEN. GET A DINOSAUR." When the shoplady leads a real tricerotops out, Mom is aghast. "How are we supposed to get THAT home?" she gasps. Little does Mom know that getting one home is the least of her problems.

Triceratops in tow, Mom forges on with her list, only to find that there's a stegosaurus instead of stickers at the pediatrician's office; it's a pterosaur in place of a balloon at the barber's. All around him the delighted kid sees boys and girls proudly leading their new dinos. It's a dino-rama of a day.

Back home, however, Mom finds the dinosaurs are great with yardwork; old ankylosaurus makes a pretty good clothes-drying rack; and the various kids' new pets are a lot of fun at the neighborhood pool Then, to the boy's delight, he hears his mom dialing up the donut shop to order more donuts and dinosaurs!

Half the fun in When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection) are David Small's delightful pen and ink drawings with their slapdash wash of watercolors, light and silly enough to keep this everykid's daydream floating along at a fast pace. One hilarious spread shows Mom, freaking out just a little on the street corner, as behind her the laid-back dinos calmly graze from a stalled garbage truck. As usual, Small's characters, with their expressive faces and loose-as-a-goose body language, make this over-the-top fantasy as much fun as, well, sliding down a diplodocus' tail!