Have you seen Dinosaur?
Book Details
Have you seen Dinosaur?
David Barrow. London: Gecko, hb, 978 1 7765 7513 8, 2023, £11.99, 32pp.
Picture book, 3-7 years
The calm, quiet narrative of three best friends playing a game of “find the dinosaurs” in the city is enriched at every turn by beautiful, intricate, and wonderfully detailed illustrations.
The reader joins them on their journey, discovering a city filled with sights and surprises. Each page is both a masterpiece and a masterclass in creating high-quality books for adults to share with children.
Children and their grown-ups will be drawn in from the very first page, finding not only dinosaurs but also a whole cast of diverse characters to talk about. This inclusive, gentle book is a modern-day classic, and as an example of a story perfect for shared reading, it would be hard to find a better one.
Review by Suzie A