Detective Dinosaur: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2)

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2?An appealing, if somewhat bungling, detective is introduced in this easy reader. Three short chapters each present a separate case. In "The Case of the Missing Hat," Detective Dinosaur's derby is on his head the whole time, although cleverly hidden from sight in each picture. In "Night Patrol," the detective is frightened by a noise. "Perhaps it is a monster!... Perhaps we should call the Police!" "We are the Police, sir!," Officer Pterodatyl reminds him. The jokes are not particularly original, but they are likely to sound fresh to young readers. Alley's watercolor-and-ink cartoons include plenty of visual interest and some sideline humor. The vocabulary?Detective Dinosaur, Officer Pterodactyl, and Deputy Diplodocus?may seem at odds with the intended audience, but most primary graders know their dinosaur names (at least to hear them) as well as they know their ABCs. An entertaining addition.?Sharon R. Pearce, San Antonio Public Library, TXCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Gr. 1^-3. Children ready to read a simple story on their own may find that the three short mysteries in this I Can Read Book will fill the bill. The various plots are pleasantly silly and uncomplicated, and what kids may not grasp from the text (the dinosaurs' names may stop them, though probably not for long) can easily be gleaned from the artwork, which is warm, lively, and lots of fun. Enlarged type and extra leading make the reading easier. Stephanie Zvirin

Book Description
First, Detective Dinosaur solves the mystery of the missing hat. Then he cracks the case of the squeaky shoe. Then he goes onto night patrol and spots a scary shadow in a dark alley. Can it be a monster? Help Detective Dinosaur follows the clues and find out!Detective Dinosaur, a bumbling , big-hearted prehistoric sleuth, often causes the mysteries that he has to solve. With the help of his savvy sidekick Officer Pterodactyl, he cracks the cases of a missing hat, a squeaky shoe, and a mysterious shadow. Brought to life by R.W. Alley's spirited illustrations, Detective Dinosaur's goofy antics are sure to leave beginning readers with a case of the giggles!



Card catalog description
Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl are challenged to solve three cases when a hat is missing, a shoe squeaks, and a loud clanging comes from a dark alley at night.

About the Author
James Skofield has written several picture books as well as the I Can Read Books Detective Dinosaur and Detective Dinosaur Lost and Found. He lives in Walpole, NH.


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K-Gr 2An appealing, if somewhat bungling, detective is introduced in this easy reader. Three short chapters each present a separate case. In "The Case of the Missing Hat," Detective Dinosaur's derby is on his head the whole time, although cleverly hidden from sight in each picture. In "Night Patrol," the detective is frightened by a noise. "Perhaps it is a monster!... Perhaps we should call the Police!" "We are the Police, sir!," Officer Pterodatyl reminds him. The jokes are not particularly original, but they are likely to sound fresh to young readers. Alley's watercolor-and-ink cartoons include plenty of visual interest and some sideline humor. The vocabularyDetective Dinosaur, Officer Pterodactyl, and Deputy Diplodocusmay seem at odds with the intended audience, but most primary graders know their dinosaur names (at least to hear them) as well as they know their ABCs. An entertaining addition.Sharon R. Pearce, San Antonio Public Library, TX


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