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Book reviews showcasing the best in children's picture books. Ideas, creativity, inspiration to spark a child's imagination and an adult's as well. Words and stories belong to everyone....a place to share, dream and read the best books out there.
1. Pakkun the Wolf and His Dinosaur Friends - a bookwrap







Unwrapping...






Pakkun the Wolf and His Dinosaur Friends

Written and Illustrated by Yasuo Kimura

Ages 5-7



Book buzz...



"Children who dote on silly, googly-eyed monsters need look no further than this imported tale of a wolf chasing an errant chicken egg." 
Kirkus Reviews

The book was originally published in Japan in 1982




Unwrapping some illustrations...

















About the book...


Mrs. Hen has a huge problem.  She laid her eggs and one of them rolled down a hole and she is unable to retrieve it.  Little Pakkun the Wolf to the rescue!  He disappears down the hole on a rescue mission but to his great surprise this is not an ordinary hole.  Whatever can this be?

He discovers it is a land of Dinosaurs.  He can't believe this! Who knew?  He makes friends with a Ptera, a very small and unusual looking creature and together they search high and low to find that runaway egg.  

Many pre-historic critters help them along the way and finally the best clue is given to them by a Sauropod.  She tells them to go search in the Valley of Dinosaur Eggs because it possibility could be there.  Mmmmm... I wonder if they finally will secure that tiny egg and return it back to its anxious mother?  Miracles do happen especially do they?

The illustrations are truly amazing.  They are colourful, packed full of action and imagination.  The creative characters are loveable and the whole sense of lending a helping hand to someone in need and enjoying friendships certainly shines through.  The message is positive and actions of the characters are noble and heartwarming.  I highly recommend this book.



About the Author...



Yasuko Kimura is the author of numerous children’s books, including Fergus, Fergus and the Sea Monster, Fergus and the Snow Deer, The Magical Fish, and the Pakkun the Wolf series. She received the Critici in Erba Prize at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 1986 for Today Is Not My Day.







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