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32 pp.
| Candlewick |
February, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6013-0$15.99
(3)
K-3
Imagining how he would care for his very own triceratops--walking it, cleaning up after it, teaching it tricks--one little boy imagines how the work "will all be worth it when she runs out to greet me at the end of the day." Contrasting with the endearingly straight-faced text, the pencil and watercolor illustrations make the impracticality of dinosaur ownership humorously clear.