Dinosaur Rescue!
by
Penny Dale
Order:
USA
Can
Candlewick, 2013 (2013)
Hardcover, Softcover
Reviewed by Bob Walch
T
he dinosaurs that appeared in
Dinosaur Dig!
and
Dinosaur Zoom!
by Penny Dale make an encore in this fun picture book that shows these multi-talented creatures playing a new role – manning rescue vehicles.
I
t all begins when the dinosaur train is chugging along and a truck stalls on the track ahead of the train. The call quickly goes out, '
Calling Dinosaur Rescue. Dinosaur Rescue, please come quickly! Help! Help!
'
T
he Dinosaur fire rescue truck and ambulance rush to the scene of the mishap. The Dinosaur police car races on a road next to the steam engine and the officers try to get the train to stop. In the air, a helicopter hovers over the truck on the track.
'
Stop! Stop! Stop!
' everyone shouts. '
Hooray!
' The train stops just in time.
N
ow it is time to clear the truck off the tracks and then go back to the Dinosaur Rescue yard where the equipment can be cleaned and then everyone can take a nap!
B
ig, bold, colorful illustrations of the rescue equipment and the dinosaurs make this a book that will appeal to any youngster who loves trucks and dinosaurs. It isn't often the two come together in one book!
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