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WONDERFUL FIRST REVIEW FOR ALLY-SAURUS & THE VERY BOSSY MONSTER!

June 1, 2017 Richard Torrey
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KIRKUS REVIEW

The tiny tot–turned-dinosaur (in her imagination) is back, this time facing a new challenge: a domineering friend.

Ally, or as she likes to be called “Ally-saurus,” can’t wait to play outside. After brushing her straight black hair into pigtails and chomping on her breakfast (things dinosaurs do not particularly like to do), she roars and stomps to meet her friends. As in the first outing (Ally-Saurus and the First Day of School, 2015) Torrey uses rough crayoned markings to signify the characters’ innermost passions, an enormously effective visual device. Ally has pink dinosaur spikes down her back to go along with her pink “ROAR!”....

To read the entire review, click HERE.

Tags children's books, children, dinosaurs, imagination, play, monsters, dance, fun, bossy, bully, picturebooks, summer reading, reading
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