
Written & illustrated by Helen Yoon
A child's dinosaur friend vanishes after a bath. Can she find him?
A little girl is distraught when her enormous dinosaur friend disappears after a bath. Despite her efforts with snacks and posters, he remains missing. As she ponders if a change in weather or a drawing might help, the whimsical search unfolds. Will she uncover the mystery of her vanished companion?
The creator of Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover), Off-Limits, and I’m a Unicorn brings her original whimsy to the tale of a child’s special friend who goes missing after a bath–or does he? Help! This little girl has lost her best friend. He’s a dinosaur (not the extinct kind). He’s enormous (bigger than a panda!). He was last seen before she gave him a bath and washed off all the mud (maybe that wasn’t a good idea?). She’s tried to lure him with snacks and put up Lost Dinosaur posters, but nothing has helped. If only it weren’t such a clear day–if only it were raining, or snowing, or the leaves were falling, or . . . something. Would it help if she drew a picture? With delicate visual sleights of hand and an underlying sweetness, author-illustrator Helen Yoon invites us to see through a child’s eyes.
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