Reviews

• “The colorful and funny gangs of dinosaurs, created by Sarah Sheppard, are back. A TV series about them, Dino Deluxe, has also been made, and this book has the same starting point and framework as the series. A rat-like family of mammals, the Zalambdalestes, lived alongside the dinosaurs during the cretaceous period, and their fight for survival is depicted here. And there’s room for some potty humor, too, when the small animals are buried alive under a long poo (which can weigh as much as a car!). Through speech bubbles the Zalambdalestes are given a voice of their own and their frustration that the dinosaurs are taking up all the space at the cost of the mammals, is evident. As in previous books, the author and illustrator Sarah Sheppard succeeds in combining facts with playful humor. Not least through captivating images in bright colors and humorous shapes that play with and challenge the imagination and one’s notions of what dinosaurs were like. Through text and illustrations the reader is fascinated and taught lots about dinosaurs – including the fact that there were mammals already during the age of dinosaurs, and how these lived and survived when the dinosaurs disappeared.”