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Synopsis
It starts in the tub, with a dinosaur bath toy.But then another dinosaur pops out of the water. And look out — here comes another — and another — and ANOTHER.
Fill the bathtub.
It could happen.
All it takes is imagination!
Children's Literature
No words at all are needed to tell the tale of a young boy, his toy dinosaur, his bath, and his imagination. He is at first frightened, then amazed, as dinosaur after dinosaur emerges from the water, looming over the ever-shrinking tub, becoming a herd in a prehistoric volcanic landscape. A thick black outline defines the very simply drawn, flatly colored subjects; the only colors are a bit of tan for his hair and green for the creatures. But in the climactic triple foldout, the dinosaurs are drawn in a scene rich with naturalistic detail, as they head off stage, leaving the delighted youngster in the overflowing tub. Reality returns with mom racing to his rescue with a towel. Outline drawings of identified dinos fill the endpapers. 2000, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Publishers, Ages 3 to 6, $14.95. Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz