From the State Library of Western Australia:
Gigantic dinosaurs, tiny dinos, dinosaurs of every size: they're gathered here for a big parade and kids are invited to join in the fun! This large-format picture book shows what it might be like to stand next to a real, live dinosaur. Colourful illustrations capture a happy procession of children marching alongside; with just one look, young readers can put the relative sizes of human and beast in perspective - instantly making dinosaurs accessible. It answers all those endless questions too: a simple rhyming text introduces nine well-known dinosaur groups, from Sauropods to Therizinosaurs. Children eager to learn more can delve into fascinating facts about over 60 dinosaurs at the bottom of the each page including their names, when they lived and where they were found.
From Booklist Online:
Dinosaurs: they’re dead, which is no fun at all. What would be fun, however, is imagining the giant beasts being led in a circus-style march for our amusement: “So just for fun, we’ll say they stayed and joined a Dinosaur Parade.” This simple but informative reference book uses a consistent two-page template for each subset of dinosaur, with the creatures filing by on the top portion of the page while the accompanying name, pronunciation, size, era, location, and date of discovery are listed below. Each spread kicks off with a humorous rhyme (“When banging noggins was the rule, fancy skulls made hard heads cool”), and the dinosaurs pictured are hardly grim killing machines—each is drawn with a placid, even happy expression; the fearless multicultural group of children cavorting among them gives readers a sense of scale. The last spread is a bit of surprise, and features a paleontologist, some “mini homo sapiens,” and a special guest from Hogwarts. Dino lovers will make good use of the glossary concluding the book. — Daniel Kraus
FromKirkus Reviews:
Several dozen smiling, brightly patterned dinos clomp across the spreads, with their names, sizes, naming dates and other data marching below on a running footer. Halls groups them by type-Sauropods, Ornithopods, etc.-to make physical comparisons easy, and Spears adds plenty of human fellow marchers to the line of behemoths for (loose) scale. So striking are the graphics and the design that the rhyming couplets that form the primary narration almost fade entirely into the background (not such a bad thing, as they are far from distinguished: "Tough and strong in peace and war, / 'Stay away,' they seemed to roar"). With a group of "Mini homo sapiens," a Dracorex hogwartsia and a "Paleontologist" ("Size varies. Term first used in 1830") bringing up the rear, it's a parade that won't run out of spectators any time soon. Eye candy for younger fans. (Informational picture book. 4-8)